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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 is_main_process():
 """ Check if this is the main control process and may handle one time tasks """

    try:
        from mpi4py import MPI
        comm = MPI.COMM_WORLD
        rank = comm.Get_rank()
        return rank == 0
    except (ImportError, ValueError, RuntimeError):
        return True