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@@ -536,7 +536,7 @@ loss_fn = torch.nn.MSELoss(reduction='sum')
 
 # Use the optim package to define an Optimizer that will update the weights of
 # the model for us. Here we will use Adam; the optim package contains many other
-# optimization algoriths. The first argument to the Adam constructor tells the
+# optimization algorithms. The first argument to the Adam constructor tells the
 # optimizer which Tensors it should update.
 learning_rate = 1e-4
 optimizer = torch.optim.Adam(model.parameters(), lr=learning_rate)