APPLICATIONS OF N-BODY METHODS TO STUDIES OF LARGE SCALE STRUCTURE FORMATION IN THE UNIVERSE

Over the past twenty years N-body simulations have provided astrophysics with a wealth of information concerning the formation of structure on large-scales in the universe. The goal of such simulations is to understand the initial conditions and physical processes that lead to the observed structure. In this article we review the state of the art in N-body simulations in cosmology and then discuss the application of the Minimal Spanning Tree to the resulting simulations.