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+import logger
+from sage.all import sage_eval, PolynomialRing, QQ
+
+class PFOperator:
+    """
+    A class representing a Picard-Fuchs operator in a single variable z.
+    """
+    def _operator_from_string(self, operator_string):
+        z_names = ['z%d' % i for i in range(self.no_variables)]
+        theta_names = ['theta%d' % i for i in range(self.no_variables)]
+        self.ring = PolynomialRing(QQ, z_names + theta_names)
+        self.z_gens = self.ring.gens()[:self.no_variables]
+        self.theta_gens = self.ring.gens()[self.no_variables:]
+
+        try:
+            operator = sage_eval(operator_string, locals=self.ring.gens_dict())
+        except Exception as e:
+            raise ValueError("Invalid operator string: %s" % e)
+        return self.ring(operator)
+
+    def __init__(self, operator_string, no_variables=1):
+        self.no_variables = no_variables
+        self.operator = self._operator_from_string(operator_string)
+    
+    
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