input: 
  def find_max_element(numbers: list[int]) -> int:
      """
      This function finds the maximum element in a given list of numbers.
      
      >>> find_max_element([1, 43, 78, 3, 92, 42])
      92
      >>> find_max_element([5, 12, 19, 8, 25, 3])
      25
      >>> find_max_element([10, 10, 10, 10])
      10
      >>> find_max_element([-5, -2, -10, -1])
      -1
      """
      return max(numbers)
  
output:     if not numbers:
          raise ValueError("The list is empty")