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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 __threshold(self, ymx_i):
 """ Calculates the difference threshold for a given difference local maximum. Parameters ymx_i : float The normalized y value of a local maximum. """

        return ymx_i - (self.S * np.diff(self.xsn).mean())