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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 _outer_error_is_decreasing(self):
 """True if outer iteration error is decreasing."""

        is_decreasing, self._last_outer_error = self._error_is_decreasing(self._last_outer_error)
        return is_decreasing