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 ## References
 
-We would like to thank to:
+We would like to thank:
 
 * [Qiskit](https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit) Quantum SDK
 * [BQSKit](https://github.com/BQSKit/bqskit) Berkeley Quantum Synthesis Toolkit