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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 phi(self, mechanism, purview):
 """Return the |small_phi| of a mechanism over a purview."""

        return min(self.phi_cause_mip(mechanism, purview),
                   self.phi_effect_mip(mechanism, purview))