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 A library for computing connected components on an unstructured triangular grid
 
-Authors: - Aiko Voigt (University of Vienna)
-         - Noam Rotberg (Otto von Guericke University of Magdeburg)
-         - Nicole Knopf (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)
-         - Petra Schwer (Otto von Guericke University of Magdeburg)
+Authors: 
+*  Aiko Voigt (University of Vienna)
+*  Noam Rotberg (Otto von Guericke University of Magdeburg)
+*  Nicole Knopf (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)
+*  Petra Schwer (Otto von Guericke University of Magdeburg)
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