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 constellation mappers and demappers implemented with and compatible to the PyTorch framework.
 
 ## Acknowledgment
-This  work  has  received  funding  from  the  European  Re-search Council (ERC) under the European Union's Horizon2020 research and innovation programme (grant agreement No. 101001899).
+This  work  has  received  funding  from  the  European  Research Council (ERC) under the European Union's Horizon2020 research and innovation programme (grant agreement No. 101001899).