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Design and implement a thread-safe singleton design pattern in C# that adheres to the following constraints and requirements:

1. The singleton instance should be lazily initialized, i.e., it should only be created when it is first accessed.
2. The singleton implementation should be thread-safe, ensuring that only a single instance is created even in the presence of multiple threads.
3. The singleton instance should not be created through the use of locks or other synchronization mechanisms, but rather by leveraging the C# language features and constructs.
4. The implementation should prevent unintended instantiation of the singleton class through reflection.
5. The singleton class should be serializable, and during deserialization, the same singleton instance should be returned instead of creating a new instance.
6. Write unit tests to confirm that the singleton implementation adheres to these requirements and constraints.
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Here's the implementation of the thread-safe singleton design pattern in C# that adheres to the given constraints and requirements:

```csharp
using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Runtime.Serialization;
using System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary;
using System.Threading;
using NUnit.Framework;

[Serializable]
public sealed class Singleton : ISerializable
{
    private static readonly Lazy<Singleton> lazyInstance = new Lazy<Singleton>(() => new Singleton(), LazyThreadSafetyMode.ExecutionAndPublication);

    public static Singleton Instance
    {
        get { return lazyInstance.Value; }
    }

    private Singleton()
    {
        if (lazyInstance.IsValueCreated)
        {
            throw new InvalidOperationException("Singleton instance is already created.");
        }
    }

    public void GetObjectData(SerializationInfo info, StreamingContext context)
    {
        info.SetType(typeof(SingletonSerializationHelper));
    }

    [Serializable]
    private sealed class SingletonSerializationHelper : IObjectReference
    {
        public object GetRealObject(StreamingContext context)
        {
            return Instance;
        }
    }
}

[TestFixture]
public class SingletonTests
{
    [Test]
    public void SingletonInstance_IsSame()
    {
        var instance1 = Singleton.Instance;
        var instance2 = Singleton.Instance;

        Assert.AreSame(instance1, instance2);
    }

    [Test]
    public void SingletonInstance_ThreadSafe()
    {
        Singleton instance1 = null;
        Singleton instance2 = null;

        Thread t1 = new Thread(() => { instance1 = Singleton.Instance; });
        Thread t2 = new Thread(() => { instance2 = Singleton.Instance; });

        t1.Start();
        t2.Start();

        t1.Join();
        t2.Join();

        Assert.AreSame(instance1, instance2);
    }

    [Test]
    public void SingletonInstance_Serialization()
    {
        var instance1 = Singleton.Instance;

        using (var stream = new MemoryStream())
        {
            IFormatter formatter = new BinaryFormatter();
            formatter.Serialize(stream, instance1);
            stream.Position = 0;

            var instance2 = (Singleton)formatter.Deserialize(stream);

            Assert.AreSame(instance1, instance2);
        }
    }
}
```

This implementation uses the `Lazy<T>` class with `LazyThreadSafetyMode.ExecutionAndPublication` to ensure that the singleton instance is lazily initialized and thread-safe. It also prevents unintended instantiation through reflection by checking if the instance is already created in the constructor. The singleton class is serializable, and during deserialization, the same singleton instance is returned using a custom serialization helper class. Finally, the unit tests confirm that the implementation adheres to the requirements and constraints.