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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 normal_prior(value, mean, sigma):
 """Normal prior distribution. """

    return -0.5 * (2 * np.pi * sigma) - (value - mean) ** 2 / (2.0 * sigma)