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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 central_widget(self):
 """ Returns the default widget that occupies the entire area of the canvas. """

        if self._central_widget is None:
            self._central_widget = Widget(size=self.size, parent=self.scene)
        return self._central_widget