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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 get_residual(self, z, compute_norm=False):
        r'''Compute residual.

        For a given :math:`z\in\mathbb{C}^N`, the residual

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          r = M M_l ( b - A z )

        is computed. If ``compute_norm == True``, then also the absolute
        residual norm

        .. math::

          \| M M_l (b-Az)\|_{M^{-1}}

        is computed.

        :param z: approximate solution with ``z.shape == (N, 1)``.
        :param compute_norm: (bool, optional) pass ``True`` if also the norm
          of the residual should be computed.
        '''
        if z is None:
            if compute_norm:
                return self.MMlb, self.Mlb, self.MMlb_norm
            return self.MMlb, self.Mlb
        r = self.b - self.A*z
        Mlr = self.Ml*r
        MMlr = self.M*Mlr
        if compute_norm:
            return MMlr, Mlr, utils.norm(Mlr, MMlr, ip_B=self.ip_B)
        return MMlr, Mlr