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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 apex(self, axis):
        '''
        Find the most extreme vertex in the direction of the axis provided.

        axis: A vector, which is an 3x1 np.array.

        '''
        from blmath.geometry.apex import apex
        return apex(self.v, axis)