I have n sets with different no. of elements in each set. I want to compute no. of ways of choosing captain from each one of them modulo 109+7.
This means, from each set I have to chose one captain and then in how many ways captains from each set can be selected and since the no. of ways will be large I have to calculate modulo with 109+7.
what could be the most efficient way to compute this.
Thanks in advance.
Suppose A[N] is the array with N elements and A* represent the number of elements in the i’th set. So we can choose one captain from the i’th set by A* ways. That means, our ultimate answer will be A[0] * A[1] * A[2] * … * A[N-1]. This number will be very large. So, we have to perform the modulo algorithm in every step of multiplication, like
ans=1 for i=0 to N-1 ans = ans * A* ans = ans % 1000000007
It will work for A*<=10^9. And for greater numbers, you have to take those numbers in strings and have to define multiplication function for strings.