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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 set_default_locators_and_formatters(self, axis):
 """ Set up the locators and formatters for the scale. Parameters axis: matplotlib.axis Axis for which to set locators and formatters. """

        axis.set_major_locator(_LogicleLocator(self._transform))
        axis.set_minor_locator(_LogicleLocator(self._transform,
                                               subs=np.arange(2.0, 10.)))
        axis.set_major_formatter(matplotlib.ticker.LogFormatterSciNotation(
            labelOnlyBase=True))