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Deterministic Finite Automaton

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Deterministic finite automaton(DFA) is a finite state machine that accepts/rejects finite strings of symbols and only produces a unique computation (or run) of the automation for each input string.

  • DFAs can be represented using state diagrams. For example, in the automaton shown below, there are three states: S0, S1, and S2 (denoted graphically by circles).
  • The automaton takes a finite sequence of 0s and 1s as input.
  • For each state, there is a transition arrow leading out to a next state for both 0 and 1.
  • Upon reading a symbol, a DFA jumps deterministically from a state to another by following the transition arrow.
  • For example, if the automaton is currently in state S0 and current input symbol is 1 then it deterministically jumps to state S1.
  • A DFA has a start state (denoted graphically by an arrow coming in from nowhere) where computations begin, and a set of accept states (denoted graphically by a double circle) which help define when a computation is successful.

multiples_of_3

These are some strings above DFA accepts,

0
00
000
11
110
1001

You are given a DFA in input and an integer N. You have to tell how many distinct strings of length N the given DFA accepts. Return answer modulo 109+7.

Notes

  1. Assume each state has two outgoing edges(one for 0 and one for 1). Both outgoing edges won’t go to the same state.
  2. There could be multiple accept states, but only one start state.
  3. A start state could also be an accept state.

Input Format

  1. States are numbered from 0 to K-1, where K is total number of states in DFA.
  2. You are given three arrays zeroEdges, oneEdges, accepting and two integers start and N.
  3. Array zeroEdges denotes a 0 edge from state numbered i to state A[i], for all 0 ≤ i ≤ K-1
  4. Array oneEdges denotes a 1 edge from state numbered i to state B[i], for all 0 ≤ i ≤ K-1
  5. Array accepting contains indices of all accept states.
  6. Integer start denotes the start state.
  7. Integer N denotes you have to count how many distinct strings of length N the given DFA accepts.

Example

For the DFA shown in image, input is
zeroEdges = [0, 2, 1]
oneEdges = [1, 0, 2]
accepting = [0]
start = 0

Input 1
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N = 2
Strings '00' and '11' are only strings on length 2 which are accepted. So, answer is 2.

Input 2
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N = 1
String '0' is the only string. Answer is 1.