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Overview

This problem asks us to find the total number of ways to choose a subset of members from each of two groups such that their XOR sums \(X\) and \(Y\) satisfy \(X + Y = S\). Although the number of members in each group, \(N\), is large (up to \(50\)), we can solve this problem efficiently by focusing on the fact that the skill values are small (less than \(2^{20}\)) and using a Linear Basis to reduce the search space.

Analysis

1. Naive Approach and Its Limitations

There are \(2^N\) ways to choose a subset from each group. Since \(N \le 50\), a naive brute-force search over all subsets would take \(2^{50} \approx 1.1 \times 10^{15}\) operations, which will not run within the time limit.

2. Focusing on the Range of Values

On the other hand, the skill value of each member is very small—less than \(2^{20}\) (approximately \(10^6\)). The number of unique XOR sums that can “actually be formed” is much smaller than the total number of subsets (\(2^{50}\)). Specifically, there are at most \(2^{20}\) possible XOR sums.

If we can efficiently find “how many ways there are to choose a subset that yields the same XOR sum,” we can significantly speed up the search. A Linear Basis makes this possible.

3. Linear Basis Approach

We construct a “basis” under the XOR operation from a set \(A\) of \(N\) elements. A basis is a subset of elements that can uniquely represent any value formable by XORing elements of the set \(A\) using a smaller number of elements (at most \(\log_2(\max A) \le 20\)).

Let \(d_A\) be the size of the basis for Group 1 (the number of elements in the basis). Then, the following properties hold:

  1. Number of unique formable XOR sums: There are \(2^{d_A}\) ways to choose elements from the basis, and all of these yield distinct XOR sums.
  2. Frequency of each XOR sum: There are \(2^{N - d_A}\) ways to choose the \(N - d_A\) elements not included in the basis (the redundant elements). No matter how these elements are chosen, there exists a unique choice of basis elements that cancels out their XOR sum (or transforms it into the target value). Therefore, for any formable XOR sum \(x\), there are exactly \(2^{N - d_A}\) ways to choose a subset from the original set that yields \(x\).

Similarly, letting \(d_B\) be the size of the basis for Group 2, there are exactly \(2^{N - d_B}\) ways to choose a subset that yields any formable XOR sum \(y\).

4. Problem Decomposition

From the above analysis, we can decompose the problem as follows:

  1. Enumerate the set \(V_A\) of unique formable XOR sums from Group 1 (of size \(2^{d_A}\)).
  2. Enumerate the set \(V_B\) of unique formable XOR sums from Group 2 (of size \(2^{d_B}\)).
  3. Find the count \(C\) of unique pairs \((x, y)\) such that \(x \in V_A\), \(y \in V_B\), and \(x + y = S\).
  4. For each pair \((x, y)\), the number of ways to choose the original subsets is \(2^{N - d_A} \times 2^{N - d_B} = 2^{2N - d_A - d_B}\). Thus, the final answer is \(C \times 2^{2N - d_A - d_B}\).

Algorithm

  1. Constructing the Linear Bases: Construct a linear basis for both Group 1 and Group 2 by performing insertion operations. Since the values are less than \(2^{20}\), the basis sizes \(d_A\) and \(d_B\) will be at most \(20\).

  2. Enumerating All XOR Sums: Perform a brute-force search over the elements of the constructed bases (at most 20 elements) to generate the sets of all formable XOR sums \(V_A\) and \(V_B\). The number of elements in each set is at most \(2^{20} \approx 10^6\).

  3. Counting the Valid Pairs:

    • To search for elements in \(V_B\) quickly, prepare a boolean array in_VB of size \(2^{20}\), and set the indices of elements contained in \(V_B\) to true.
    • For each element \(x\) in \(V_A\), compute \(y = S - x\).
    • If \(0 \le y < 2^{20}\) and in_VB[y] is true, increment the counter \(C\) by \(1\) since the condition is satisfied.

  4. Calculating the Answer:

    • If \(C = 0\), output 0 as there are no valid combinations.
    • If \(C > 0\), calculate and output \(C \times 2^{2N - d_A - d_B}\). This can be computed quickly using the bitwise shift operation C << (2 * N - d_A - d_B).

Complexity

  • Time Complexity: \(O(N \log(\max A) + 2^{\log(\max A)})\)

    • Basis construction: \(O(N \log(\max A))\). Since \(N \le 50\) and \(\log(\max A) \le 20\), this completes in at most \(50 \times 20 = 1000\) loop iterations.
    • XOR sum enumeration and counting: \(O(2^{d_A} + 2^{d_B})\). Since \(d_A, d_B \le 20\), this takes at most \(2 \times 10^6\) operations, which easily runs within 1 second.

  • Space Complexity: \(O(2^{\log(\max A)})\)

    • The arrays for storing the elements of \(V_A\) and \(V_B\), as well as the lookup table in_VB, have a maximum size of \(2^{20}\) (approximately \(10^6\)). In C++, using vector<bool> or a standard array will only take a few megabytes, which is well within the memory limit.

Implementation Points

  • Preventing Overflow: Although the final answer is guaranteed to be less than \(2^{63}\), it will overflow a standard 32-bit integer type (int in C++). You must use an appropriate 64-bit integer type, such as unsigned long long or long long, when calculating the answer and performing bitwise shifts.

  • Array Bounds Checking: When computing \(y = S - x\), \(y\) can potentially be negative or greater than or equal to \(2^{20}\) (the table size). Therefore, you must perform a bounds check (y >= 0 && y < (1 << 20)) before accessing the array.

    Source Code

#include <iostream>
#include <vector>
#include <algorithm>
#include <cstring>

using namespace std;

// 線形基底を表す構造体
struct Basis {
    int basis[20];
    int sz = 0;
    Basis() {
        memset(basis, 0, sizeof(basis));
    }
    void insert(int x) {
        for (int i = 19; i >= 0; i--) {
            if ((x >> i) & 1) {
                if (!basis[i]) {
                    basis[i] = x;
                    sz++;
                    return;
                }
                x ^= basis[i];
            }
        }
    }
};

// 基底から生成されるすべてのXOR和を列挙する
vector<int> get_all_xor_sums(const Basis& b) {
    vector<int> active;
    for (int i = 0; i < 20; i++) {
        if (b.basis[i]) {
            active.push_back(b.basis[i]);
        }
    }
    vector<int> V;
    V.reserve(1 << active.size());
    V.push_back(0);
    for (int x : active) {
        int cur_sz = V.size();
        for (int i = 0; i < cur_sz; i++) {
            V.push_back(V[i] ^ x);
        }
    }
    return V;
}

int main() {
    // 入出力の高速化
    ios_base::sync_with_stdio(false);
    cin.tie(NULL);

    int N, S;
    if (!(cin >> N >> S)) return 0;

    Basis basis_A, basis_B;
    for (int i = 0; i < N; i++) {
        int a;
        cin >> a;
        basis_A.insert(a);
    }
    for (int i = 0; i < N; i++) {
        int b;
        cin >> b;
        basis_B.insert(b);
    }

    vector<int> V_A = get_all_xor_sums(basis_A);
    vector<int> V_B = get_all_xor_sums(basis_B);

    // V_B の要素を高速に判定するためのテーブル
    vector<bool> in_VB(1 << 20, false);
    for (int y : V_B) {
        in_VB[y] = true;
    }

    long long counter = 0;
    for (int x : V_A) {
        int y = S - x;
        if (y >= 0 && y < (1 << 20)) {
            if (in_VB[y]) {
                counter++;
            }
        }
    }

    if (counter == 0) {
        cout << 0 << "\n";
    } else {
        long long shift = 2LL * N - basis_A.sz - basis_B.sz;
        // 答えが 2^63 未満であるため、counter > 0 のとき shift <= 62 が保証される
        unsigned long long ans = (unsigned long long)counter << shift;
        cout << ans << "\n";
    }

    return 0;
}

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