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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def parse_names(cls, names):
 """Parse a string of names separated by "and" like in a BibTeX authors field."""

        names = [latex_to_unicode(n) for n in re.split(r'\sand\s(?=[^{}]*(?:\{|$))', names) if n]
        return names