2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/38688The general problem of obtaining reliable results from gauge-fixing and projection is discussed. It is shown that the usual form of the maximal abelian gauge gives poor results for the string tension in SU(3) lattice gauge theory. A generalized form is suggested. Evidence is presented that monopoles in SU(3) are associated with SU(2) subgroups, and that P-vortices pass through monopoles, similar to what happens in SU(2).8 pages, latex, based on a presentation by J. Stack at NATO Advanced Workshop on Confinement and Topology, Jan 2002, Stara Lesna, Slovakia, replaced version has improved Sec.(4)High Energy Physics - Latticetext