2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/183865In this contribution we present the results of a series of investigations of dimensional reduction, applied to SU(3) gauge theory in 2 + 1 dimensions. We review earlier results, present a new reduced model with Z(3) symmetry, and discuss the results of numerical simulations of this model.10 pages, Talk given at Workshop on Finite Density QCD, Nara Japan 10-12 Jul 2003High Energy Physics - Latticetext