## 1) Abridged problem statement

Given an \(N \times M\) grid (\(2 \le N,M \le 1000\)), place students in some cells (at most one per cell) such that **every** \(2 \times 2\) sub-square contains **exactly two** students. (Equivalently: “no more than two” + “at least two” ⇒ exactly two.)
Count the number of distinct valid placements (students indistinguishable). Output the exact integer (it can be huge).

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## 2) Detailed editorial (solution idea)

### Key constraint reformulation
Look at any \(2\times2\) block:
\[
\begin{matrix}
a & b \\
c & d
\end{matrix}
\]
Each of \(a,b,c,d \in \{0,1\}\) (empty/occupied) and the rule is:
\[
a+b+c+d = 2
\]
So every \(2\times2\) must have exactly two occupied cells.

### Classifying valid global patterns
Consider **two consecutive columns** \(j\) and \(j+1\).
For each row \(i\), define the pair \((x_i, y_i)\) where \(x_i\) is occupancy in column \(j\), \(y_i\) in column \(j+1\).

Now consider a particular \(2\times2\) block spanning rows \(i,i+1\) and columns \(j,j+1\):
\[
x_i + y_i + x_{i+1} + y_{i+1} = 2
\]

This condition is very restrictive. A classical way to see the structure:

#### Two “modes” of solutions
There are two families of solutions:

**Family A (column-stripe / “vertical-domino” style):**
In every row, the two cells in a \(2\times2\) come from “choosing a column” in that block. Concretely, for a fixed adjacent column pair \((j,j+1)\), each row decides whether the occupied cell is in column \(j\) or column \(j+1\), but to satisfy the \(2\times2\) sum=2 for every adjacent row pair, that choice must be **consistent across rows** within each column boundary. This yields placements that are determined by choosing a binary pattern per **column** boundary; counting ends up as \(2^M\) patterns.

**Family B (row-stripe / “horizontal-domino” style):**
Symmetrically, patterns determined by choices across **rows**, yielding \(2^N\) patterns.

A more concrete counting argument that matches the known result for this problem:

### Counting result

- Number of valid configurations that are “column-generated” is \(2^M\).
- Number of valid configurations that are “row-generated” is \(2^N\).

But we double-count the configurations that belong to **both** families.
Those are exactly the two chessboard colorings:

1. Occupy all “black” cells of a checkerboard.
2. Occupy all “white” cells of a checkerboard.

Both satisfy “each \(2\times2\) has 2” and are counted in both families.

Therefore by inclusion–exclusion:
\[
\text{answer} = 2^N + 2^M - 2
\]

### Big integers
For \(N,M \le 1000\), \(2^{1000}\) has ~302 digits, so we need big integer arithmetic (the provided C++ uses a custom `bigint`). In Python, built-in `int` already supports arbitrary precision.

### Complexity
We only compute two powers of two and do a few big-int additions/subtractions:

- Time: \(O(\text{digits})\), tiny.
- Memory: \(O(\text{digits})\).

---

## 3) C++ Solution

```cpp
#include <bits/stdc++.h>

using namespace std;

template<typename T1, typename T2>
ostream& operator<<(ostream& out, const pair<T1, T2>& x) {
    return out << x.first << ' ' << x.second;
}

template<typename T1, typename T2>
istream& operator>>(istream& in, pair<T1, T2>& x) {
    return in >> x.first >> x.second;
}

template<typename T>
istream& operator>>(istream& in, vector<T>& a) {
    for(auto& x: a) {
        in >> x;
    }
    return in;
};

template<typename T>
ostream& operator<<(ostream& out, const vector<T>& a) {
    for(auto x: a) {
        out << x << ' ';
    }
    return out;
};

// base and base_digits must be consistent
const int base = 1000000000;
const int base_digits = 9;

struct bigint {
    vector<int> z;
    int sign;

    bigint() : sign(1) {}

    bigint(long long v) { *this = v; }

    bigint(const string& s) { read(s); }

    void operator=(const bigint& v) {
        sign = v.sign;
        z = v.z;
    }

    void operator=(long long v) {
        sign = 1;
        if(v < 0) {
            sign = -1, v = -v;
        }
        z.clear();
        for(; v > 0; v = v / base) {
            z.push_back(v % base);
        }
    }

    bigint operator+(const bigint& v) const {
        if(sign == v.sign) {
            bigint res = v;

            for(int i = 0, carry = 0;
                i < (int)max(z.size(), v.z.size()) || carry; ++i) {
                if(i == (int)res.z.size()) {
                    res.z.push_back(0);
                }
                res.z[i] += carry + (i < (int)z.size() ? z[i] : 0);
                carry = res.z[i] >= base;
                if(carry) {
                    res.z[i] -= base;
                }
            }
            return res;
        }
        return *this - (-v);
    }

    bigint operator-(const bigint& v) const {
        if(sign == v.sign) {
            if(abs() >= v.abs()) {
                bigint res = *this;
                for(int i = 0, carry = 0; i < (int)v.z.size() || carry; ++i) {
                    res.z[i] -= carry + (i < (int)v.z.size() ? v.z[i] : 0);
                    carry = res.z[i] < 0;
                    if(carry) {
                        res.z[i] += base;
                    }
                }
                res.trim();
                return res;
            }
            return -(v - *this);
        }
        return *this + (-v);
    }

    void operator*=(int v) {
        if(v < 0) {
            sign = -sign, v = -v;
        }
        for(int i = 0, carry = 0; i < (int)z.size() || carry; ++i) {
            if(i == (int)z.size()) {
                z.push_back(0);
            }
            long long cur = z[i] * (long long)v + carry;
            carry = (int)(cur / base);
            z[i] = (int)(cur % base);
            // asm("divl %%ecx" : "=a"(carry), "=d"(a[i]) : "A"(cur),
            // "c"(base));
        }
        trim();
    }

    bigint operator*(int v) const {
        bigint res = *this;
        res *= v;
        return res;
    }

    friend pair<bigint, bigint> divmod(const bigint& a1, const bigint& b1) {
        int norm = base / (b1.z.back() + 1);
        bigint a = a1.abs() * norm;
        bigint b = b1.abs() * norm;
        bigint q, r;
        q.z.resize(a.z.size());

        for(int i = a.z.size() - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
            r *= base;
            r += a.z[i];
            int s1 = b.z.size() < r.z.size() ? r.z[b.z.size()] : 0;
            int s2 = b.z.size() - 1 < r.z.size() ? r.z[b.z.size() - 1] : 0;
            int d = ((long long)s1 * base + s2) / b.z.back();
            r -= b * d;
            while(r < 0) {
                r += b, --d;
            }
            q.z[i] = d;
        }

        q.sign = a1.sign * b1.sign;
        r.sign = a1.sign;
        q.trim();
        r.trim();
        return make_pair(q, r / norm);
    }

    friend bigint sqrt(const bigint& a1) {
        bigint a = a1;
        while(a.z.empty() || a.z.size() % 2 == 1) {
            a.z.push_back(0);
        }

        int n = a.z.size();

        int firstDigit = (int)sqrt((double)a.z[n - 1] * base + a.z[n - 2]);
        int norm = base / (firstDigit + 1);
        a *= norm;
        a *= norm;
        while(a.z.empty() || a.z.size() % 2 == 1) {
            a.z.push_back(0);
        }

        bigint r = (long long)a.z[n - 1] * base + a.z[n - 2];
        firstDigit = (int)sqrt((double)a.z[n - 1] * base + a.z[n - 2]);
        int q = firstDigit;
        bigint res;

        for(int j = n / 2 - 1; j >= 0; j--) {
            for(;; --q) {
                bigint r1 =
                    (r - (res * 2 * base + q) * q) * base * base +
                    (j > 0 ? (long long)a.z[2 * j - 1] * base + a.z[2 * j - 2]
                           : 0);
                if(r1 >= 0) {
                    r = r1;
                    break;
                }
            }
            res *= base;
            res += q;

            if(j > 0) {
                int d1 =
                    res.z.size() + 2 < r.z.size() ? r.z[res.z.size() + 2] : 0;
                int d2 =
                    res.z.size() + 1 < r.z.size() ? r.z[res.z.size() + 1] : 0;
                int d3 = res.z.size() < r.z.size() ? r.z[res.z.size()] : 0;
                q = ((long long)d1 * base * base + (long long)d2 * base + d3) /
                    (firstDigit * 2);
            }
        }

        res.trim();
        return res / norm;
    }

    bigint operator/(const bigint& v) const { return divmod(*this, v).first; }

    bigint operator%(const bigint& v) const { return divmod(*this, v).second; }

    void operator/=(int v) {
        if(v < 0) {
            sign = -sign, v = -v;
        }
        for(int i = (int)z.size() - 1, rem = 0; i >= 0; --i) {
            long long cur = z[i] + rem * (long long)base;
            z[i] = (int)(cur / v);
            rem = (int)(cur % v);
        }
        trim();
    }

    bigint operator/(int v) const {
        bigint res = *this;
        res /= v;
        return res;
    }

    int operator%(int v) const {
        if(v < 0) {
            v = -v;
        }
        int m = 0;
        for(int i = z.size() - 1; i >= 0; --i) {
            m = (z[i] + m * (long long)base) % v;
        }
        return m * sign;
    }

    void operator+=(const bigint& v) { *this = *this + v; }
    void operator-=(const bigint& v) { *this = *this - v; }
    void operator*=(const bigint& v) { *this = *this * v; }
    void operator/=(const bigint& v) { *this = *this / v; }

    bool operator<(const bigint& v) const {
        if(sign != v.sign) {
            return sign < v.sign;
        }
        if(z.size() != v.z.size()) {
            return z.size() * sign < v.z.size() * v.sign;
        }
        for(int i = z.size() - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
            if(z[i] != v.z[i]) {
                return z[i] * sign < v.z[i] * sign;
            }
        }
        return false;
    }

    bool operator>(const bigint& v) const { return v < *this; }
    bool operator<=(const bigint& v) const { return !(v < *this); }
    bool operator>=(const bigint& v) const { return !(*this < v); }
    bool operator==(const bigint& v) const {
        return !(*this < v) && !(v < *this);
    }
    bool operator!=(const bigint& v) const { return *this < v || v < *this; }

    void trim() {
        while(!z.empty() && z.back() == 0) {
            z.pop_back();
        }
        if(z.empty()) {
            sign = 1;
        }
    }

    bool isZero() const { return z.empty() || (z.size() == 1 && !z[0]); }

    bigint operator-() const {
        bigint res = *this;
        res.sign = -sign;
        return res;
    }

    bigint abs() const {
        bigint res = *this;
        res.sign *= res.sign;
        return res;
    }

    long long longValue() const {
        long long res = 0;
        for(int i = z.size() - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
            res = res * base + z[i];
        }
        return res * sign;
    }

    friend bigint gcd(const bigint& a, const bigint& b) {
        return b.isZero() ? a : gcd(b, a % b);
    }
    friend bigint lcm(const bigint& a, const bigint& b) {
        return a / gcd(a, b) * b;
    }

    void read(const string& s) {
        sign = 1;
        z.clear();
        int pos = 0;
        while(pos < (int)s.size() && (s[pos] == '-' || s[pos] == '+')) {
            if(s[pos] == '-') {
                sign = -sign;
            }
            ++pos;
        }
        for(int i = s.size() - 1; i >= pos; i -= base_digits) {
            int x = 0;
            for(int j = max(pos, i - base_digits + 1); j <= i; j++) {
                x = x * 10 + s[j] - '0';
            }
            z.push_back(x);
        }
        trim();
    }

    friend istream& operator>>(istream& stream, bigint& v) {
        string s;
        stream >> s;
        v.read(s);
        return stream;
    }

    friend ostream& operator<<(ostream& stream, const bigint& v) {
        if(v.sign == -1) {
            stream << '-';
        }
        stream << (v.z.empty() ? 0 : v.z.back());
        for(int i = (int)v.z.size() - 2; i >= 0; --i) {
            stream << setw(base_digits) << setfill('0') << v.z[i];
        }
        return stream;
    }

    static vector<int> convert_base(
        const vector<int>& a, int old_digits, int new_digits
    ) {
        vector<long long> p(max(old_digits, new_digits) + 1);
        p[0] = 1;
        for(int i = 1; i < (int)p.size(); i++) {
            p[i] = p[i - 1] * 10;
        }
        vector<int> res;
        long long cur = 0;
        int cur_digits = 0;
        for(int i = 0; i < (int)a.size(); i++) {
            cur += a[i] * p[cur_digits];
            cur_digits += old_digits;
            while(cur_digits >= new_digits) {
                res.push_back(int(cur % p[new_digits]));
                cur /= p[new_digits];
                cur_digits -= new_digits;
            }
        }
        res.push_back((int)cur);
        while(!res.empty() && res.back() == 0) {
            res.pop_back();
        }
        return res;
    }

    typedef vector<long long> vll;

    static vll karatsubaMultiply(const vll& a, const vll& b) {
        int n = a.size();
        vll res(n + n);
        if(n <= 32) {
            for(int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
                for(int j = 0; j < n; j++) {
                    res[i + j] += a[i] * b[j];
                }
            }
            return res;
        }

        int k = n >> 1;
        vll a1(a.begin(), a.begin() + k);
        vll a2(a.begin() + k, a.end());
        vll b1(b.begin(), b.begin() + k);
        vll b2(b.begin() + k, b.end());

        vll a1b1 = karatsubaMultiply(a1, b1);
        vll a2b2 = karatsubaMultiply(a2, b2);

        for(int i = 0; i < k; i++) {
            a2[i] += a1[i];
        }
        for(int i = 0; i < k; i++) {
            b2[i] += b1[i];
        }

        vll r = karatsubaMultiply(a2, b2);
        for(int i = 0; i < (int)a1b1.size(); i++) {
            r[i] -= a1b1[i];
        }
        for(int i = 0; i < (int)a2b2.size(); i++) {
            r[i] -= a2b2[i];
        }

        for(int i = 0; i < (int)r.size(); i++) {
            res[i + k] += r[i];
        }
        for(int i = 0; i < (int)a1b1.size(); i++) {
            res[i] += a1b1[i];
        }
        for(int i = 0; i < (int)a2b2.size(); i++) {
            res[i + n] += a2b2[i];
        }
        return res;
    }

    bigint operator*(const bigint& v) const {
        vector<int> a6 = convert_base(this->z, base_digits, 6);
        vector<int> b6 = convert_base(v.z, base_digits, 6);
        vll a(a6.begin(), a6.end());
        vll b(b6.begin(), b6.end());
        while(a.size() < b.size()) {
            a.push_back(0);
        }
        while(b.size() < a.size()) {
            b.push_back(0);
        }
        while(a.size() & (a.size() - 1)) {
            a.push_back(0), b.push_back(0);
        }
        vll c = karatsubaMultiply(a, b);
        bigint res;
        res.sign = sign * v.sign;
        for(int i = 0, carry = 0; i < (int)c.size(); i++) {
            long long cur = c[i] + carry;
            res.z.push_back((int)(cur % 1000000));
            carry = (int)(cur / 1000000);
        }
        res.z = convert_base(res.z, 6, base_digits);
        res.trim();
        return res;
    }
};

int n, m;

void read() { cin >> n >> m; }

void solve() {
    // The key observation is around the fact that if we put two people on
    // adjacent cells on the same row, the whole 2 columns are defined. Then for
    // the adjacent left and right columns we have only 2 option: be aligned
    // with this row, or be mismatched (where we had empty, we now have full and
    // vice-versa). This way we can get a DP over the columns with the state:
    // dp[column][is top most row at this column filled filled] being the number
    // of ways to do this. This can naively be computed in O(M^2). Analogously,
    // we will also do absolutely the same DP in O(N^2) but over the rows.
    // However, we can notice that the transitions are very well defined,
    // meaning we can also do this linearly, which is needed because the answer
    // can be quite large. Furthermore, we can notice that the answer ends up
    // being just 2^N (or 2^M). The only part left we should worry about is
    // over-counting, but fortunately whenever we have two adjacent cells on
    // some row, we can never have two adjacent cells on the same column. This
    // means that the overlap is exactly the two configurations that look like a
    // chessboard.

    auto power_of_two = [](int exp) {
        bigint result = 1;
        bigint base = 2;
        while(exp > 0) {
            if(exp % 2 == 1) {
                result *= base;
            }
            base *= base;
            exp /= 2;
        }
        return result;
    };

    bigint column_ways = power_of_two(m);
    bigint row_ways = power_of_two(n);
    bigint answer = column_ways + row_ways - 2;
    cout << answer << "\n";
}

int main() {
    ios_base::sync_with_stdio(false);
    cin.tie(nullptr);

    int T = 1;
    // cin >> T;
    for(int test = 1; test <= T; test++) {
        read();
        solve();
    }

    return 0;
}
```

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## 4) Python solution

```python
import sys

def main() -> None:
    # Read N and M
    data = sys.stdin.read().strip().split()
    n = int(data[0])
    m = int(data[1])

    # Python's int is arbitrary-precision, so we can compute powers directly.
    # Number of valid configurations:
    #   answer = 2^n + 2^m - 2
    # The "-2" removes the two checkerboard patterns counted in both groups.
    ans = (1 << n) + (1 << m) - 2

    # Print as a normal decimal integer (no leading zeros).
    sys.stdout.write(str(ans))

if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()
```

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## 5) Compressed editorial

Every \(2\times2\) must contain exactly 2 occupied cells. Valid global placements fall into two counted families: \(2^N\) “row-based” and \(2^M\) “column-based”. Their intersection contains exactly the two chessboard colorings, so by inclusion–exclusion:
\[
\boxed{\text{answer} = 2^N + 2^M - 2}
\]
Use big integers (or Python `int`) to output the exact value.
