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Lattice N=4 super Yang-Mills at Strong Coupling

In this paper we present results from numerical simulations of N=4 super Yang-Mills for two color gauge theory over a wide range of &#39;t Hooft coupling $0<λ\le 30$ using a supersymmetric lattice action \cite{Catterall:2009it}. Numerical study of this lattice theory has been stymied until recently by both sign problems and the occurrence of lattice artifact phases at strong coupling. We have recently developed a new action that appears capable of solving both problems. The resulting action possesses just $SU(2)$ rather than $U(2)$ gauge symmetry. By explicit computations of the fermion Pfaffian we present evidence that the theory possesses no sign problem and exists in a single phase out to arbitrarily strong coupling. Furthermore, preliminary work shows that the logarithm of the supersymmetric Wilson loop varies as the square root of the &#39;t Hooft coupling $λ$ for large $λ$ in agreement with holographic predictions.