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+cff-version: 1.2.0
+message: "If you use this software, please cite it as below."
+authors:
+- family-names: "ZAARAOUI"
+  given-names: "Mohamed"
+title: "HyperMAT: Hyperelastic formulations using an algorithmic differentiation with hyper-dual numbers in Python."
+version: 0.1.2
+doi: 10.5281/zenodo.104078324
+date-released: 2023-07-22
+url: "https://github.com/ZAARAOUI999/hypermat"