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DEPRECATION NOTICE\n\n**This repository is deprecated.** \n\nFor the Modern QDK repository, please visit [Microsoft/qsharp](http://github.com/microsoft/qsharp).\n\nYou can also try out the Modern QDK in VS Code for Web at [vscode.dev/quantum](https://vscode.dev/quantum).\n\nFor more information about the Modern QDK and Azure Quantum, visit [https://aka.ms/AQ/Documentation](https://aka.ms/AQ/Documentation).\n\n## Classic QDK ##\n\nThis repository contains open-source libraries for the [Quantum Development Kit](https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/quantum):\n\n- **[Docs/](./Docs)**: Additional documentation for developing on the libraries. Please see [QDK online documentation](https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/quantum/) for online documentation.\n- **[Standard/](./Standard)**: Q# sources used to implement [the Q# standard libraries](https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/quantum/user-guide/libraries/standard).\n- **[Chemistry/](./Chemistry)**: Q# and C# sources used to implement a library for [quantum chemistry](https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/quantum/user-guide/libraries/chemistry) and Hamiltonian simulation.\n- **[Numerics/](./Numerics)**: Q# sources used to implement the [quantum numerics library](https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/quantum/user-guide/libraries/numerics/numerics).\n- **[LICENSE](./LICENSE.txt)**: Terms of use and license details for the Quantum Development Kit libraries.\n\n## New to Quantum? ##\n\nSee the [introduction to quantum computing](https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/quantum/concepts-overview/) provided with the Quantum Development Kit.\n\n## Getting Started ##\n\nThe libraries provided in this repository are built using [.NET Core](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/core/) and the\n[Quantum Development Kit](https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/quantum).\nPlease see the [installation guide](https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/quantum/install-overview-qdk) for how to get up and running.\n\nYou may also visit our [Quantum](https://github.com/Microsoft/Quantum) repository, which offers a wide variety\nof samples on how to use these libraries to write quantum based programs.\n\n## Build Status ##\n\n| branch | status    |\n|--------|-----------|\n| main | [![Build Status](https://dev.azure.com/ms-quantum-public/Microsoft%20Quantum%20(public)/_apis/build/status/Microsoft.QuantumLibraries?branchName=main)](https://dev.azure.com/ms-quantum-public/Microsoft%20Quantum%20(public)/_build/latest?definitionId=1\u0026branchName=main) |\n\n## Feedback ##\n\nIf you have feedback about the content in this repository, please let us know by filing a [new issue](https://github.com/microsoft/quantumlibraries/issues/new/choose)!\nIf you have feedback about some other part of the Microsoft Quantum Development Kit, please see the [contribution guide](https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/quantum/contributing-overview/) for more information.\n\n## Contributing ##\n\nThis project welcomes contributions and suggestions.  Most contributions require you to agree to a\nContributor License Agreement (CLA) declaring that you have the right to, and actually do, grant us\nthe rights to use your contribution. For details, visit https://cla.microsoft.com.\n\nWhen you submit a pull request, a CLA-bot will automatically determine whether you need to provide\na CLA and decorate the PR appropriately (e.g., label, comment). Simply follow the instructions\nprovided by the bot. 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