2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/96282The legality of the "rooting trick" in dynamical staggered fermion simulations is discussed, i.e. whether the theory with the Boltzmann weight $\det^{1/4}(D_\mathrm{st})$ yields the right continuum limit. Since the problem is unsolved, pieces of evidence in favor and against are collected and examined.22 pages, 15 figures, Lattice 2005High Energy Physics - LatticeTheoretical issues with staggered fermion simulationstext