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The name emsig is an abbreviation in English and a pun in German.
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It stands primarily as abbreviation for ElectroMagnetic Simulation in
+Geophysics. However, emsig is also a German adjective, meaning
+hard-working or diligent. Surely, our codes make our computers work
+hard!
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Finally, moving to the logo, the sig-ending can be seen as the short
+form of sigma, the symbol generally used for conductivity in
+geophysics, one of the elementary properties in electromagnetic modelling.
+The «s» in the logo of emsig is denoted by «ς», a variation of «σ»
+(sigma) in the Greek alphabet.
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The symbol itself represents the perpendicularity of electric and magnetic
+fields.
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