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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 erank(self):
 """ Effective rank of the TT-vector """

        r = self.r
        n = self.n
        d = self.d
        if d <= 1:
            er = 0e0
        else:
            sz = _np.dot(n * r[0:d], r[1:])
            if sz == 0:
                er = 0e0
            else:
                b = r[0] * n[0] + n[d - 1] * r[d]
                if d is 2:
                    er = sz * 1.0 / b
                else:
                    a = _np.sum(n[1:d - 1])
                    er = (_np.sqrt(b * b + 4 * a * sz) - b) / (2 * a)
        return er