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+import networkx as nx
+from collections import defaultdict
+
+def read_file(file_path):
+    with open(file_path, 'r') as file:
+        data = file.read()
+    return data
+
+def create_graph(edge_list):
+    graph = nx.DiGraph()
+    for node, edges in edge_list.items():
+        for edge in edges:
+            graph.add_edge(node, edge, capacity=1.0)
+            graph.add_edge(edge, node, capacity=1.0)
+    return graph
+
+def find_minimum_cut(graph, nodes):
+    for source_node in [list(nodes.keys())[0]]:
+        for target_node in nodes.keys():
+            if source_node != target_node:
+                cut_value, (left, right) = nx.minimum_cut(graph, source_node, target_node)
+                if cut_value == 3:
+                    print(len(left) * len(right))
+                    break
+
+data = read_file(r'advent_of_code\2023\25\input.txt')
+
+lines = data.split('\n')
+grid = [[char for char in row] for row in lines]
+
+edges = defaultdict(set)
+for line in lines:
+    start_node, end_nodes = line.split(':')
+    for end_node in end_nodes.split():
+        edges[start_node].add(end_node)
+        edges[end_node].add(start_node)
+
+graph = create_graph(edges)
+
+find_minimum_cut(graph, edges)
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