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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 find_maximum(self, scores, N, k_choices):
 """Finds the `k_choices` maximum scores from `scores` Arguments --------- scores : numpy.ndarray N : int k_choices : int Returns ------- list """

        if not isinstance(scores, np.ndarray):
            raise TypeError("Scores input is not a numpy array")

        index_of_maximum = int(scores.argmax())
        maximum_combo = self.nth(combinations(
            list(range(N)), k_choices), index_of_maximum, None)
        return sorted(maximum_combo)