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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 identifier_md5(self):
 """ Return an MD5 of the identifier """

        as_int = (self.identifier * 1e4).astype(np.int64)
        hashed = util.md5_object(as_int.tostring(order='C'))
        return hashed