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 # Arepo wiki
 
-AREPO is a massively parallel code for gravitational n-body systems and 
+Arepo is a massively parallel code for gravitational n-body systems and 
 magnetohydrodynamics, both on Newtonian as well as cosmological background.
 It is a flexible code that can be applied to a variety of different types of
 simulations, offering a number of sophisticated simulation algorithms. A
 description of the numerical algorithms employed by the code is given in the 
-original code paper and subsequent publications. This documentation addresses 
-the question how to use the different numerical algorithms.
+public release paper. 
+For a more detailed discussion about these algorithms, the original code paper 
+and subsequent publications are the best resource. This documentation only 
+addresses the question how to use the different numerical algorithms.
 
-AREPO was written by Volker Springel (vspringel@mpa-garching.mpg.de) with further
+Arepo was written by Volker Springel (vspringel@mpa-garching.mpg.de) with further
 development by Rüdiger Pakmor (rpakmor@mpa-garching.mpg.de) and contributions by
-many other authors. The public version of the code was compiled by Rainer
-Weinberger (rainer.weinberger@cfa.harvard.edu).
+many other authors (www.arepo-code.org/people). 
+The public version of the code was compiled by Rainer Weinberger 
+(rainer.weinberger@cfa.harvard.edu).
 
 Overview
 ========
 
-The AREPO code was initially developed to combine the advantages of
+The Arepo code was initially developed to combine the advantages of
 finite-volume hydrodynamics schemes with the Lagrangian invariance of 
-Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics schemes. To this end, Arepo makes use of an
+smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) schemes. To this end, Arepo makes use of an
 unstructured Voronoi-mesh which is, in its standard setting, moving with 
 the fluid in an quasi-Lagrangian fashion. The fluxes between cells are computed
 using a finite-volume approach, and further spatial adaptivity is 
 provided by the possibility to add and remove cells from the 
-mesh according to defined criteria. In addition to gas, AREPO allows for a 
+mesh according to defined criteria. In addition to gas, Arepo allows for a 
 number of additional particle types which interact only gravitationally, as 
 well as for forces from external gravitational potentials.
 
-AREPO is optimized for, but not limited to, cosmological simulations of galaxy 
+Arepo is optimized for, but not limited to, cosmological simulations of galaxy 
 formation and consequently for simulations with very high dynamic ranges in 
-space and time. Therefore, AREPO employes an adaptive timestepping for each 
-individual cell and particle as well as a dynamic, on-the fly load and memory 
-balancing scheme. In its current version, AREPO is fully MPI parallel, and tested 
+space and time. Therefore, Arepo employs an adaptive timestepping for each 
+individual cell and particle as well as a dynamic load and memory 
+balancing scheme. In its current version, Arepo is fully MPI parallel, and tested 
 to run with >10,000 MPI tasks. The exact performance is, however, highly problem and
 machine dependent. 
 
@@ -41,7 +44,7 @@ Disclaimer
 ==========
 
 It is important to note that the performance and accuracy of the code is a
-sensitive function of some of the code parameters. We also stress that AREPO
+sensitive function of some of the code parameters. We also stress that Arepo
 comes without any warranty, and without any guarantee that it produces correct
 results. If in doubt about something, reading (and potentially improving) the
 source code is always the best strategy to understand what is going on!
@@ -60,8 +63,7 @@ such recommendations. We encourage every simulator to find out for
 herself/himself what integration settings are needed to achieve sufficient
 accuracy for the system under study. We strongly recommend to make convergence
 and resolution studies to establish the range of validity and the uncertainty of
-any numerical result obtained with AREPO.
-
+any numerical result obtained with Arepo.
 
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