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 ### Important note :
 - The **castor** library should be fully installed with graphics tools (VTK) and linear algebra (openblas). For more informations, you can refer to installation procedure of the **castor** library. 
-- Compile in relase mode (-O3 or -Os) to improve speed performance. 
+- Compile in release mode (-O3 or -Os) to improve speed performance. 
 
 ### Authors :
 - Matthieu Aussal (matthieu.aussal@polytechnique.edu)