def     A__	(       __A ,			__A						):







    '''simple docstring'''
    _lowerCamelCase  :		Any			    =    1
    while b > 0:
        if b & 1:
            res *= a

        a *= a
        b >>= 1

    return res







def     A__	(       __A ,			__A ,			__A						):







    '''simple docstring'''
    _lowerCamelCase  :		List[str]			    =    1
    while b > 0:
        if b & 1:
            _lowerCamelCase  :		int			    =    ((res % c) * (a % c)) % c

        a *= a
        b >>= 1

    return res





from __future__ import annotations







def     A__	(       __A ,			__A						):







    '''simple docstring'''
    _lowerCamelCase  :		List[str]			    =    [None] * (len(__A						) + len(__A						))

    _lowerCamelCase  :		Optional[int]			    =    0  # pointer to current index for left Half
    _lowerCamelCase  :		List[str]			    =    0  # pointer to current index for the right Half
    _lowerCamelCase  :		List[str]			    =    0  # pointer to current index for the sorted array Half

    while pointera < len(__A						) and pointera < len(__A						):
        if left_half[pointera] < right_half[pointera]:
            _lowerCamelCase  :		Optional[Any]			    =    left_half[pointera]
            pointera += 1
            index += 1
        else:
            _lowerCamelCase  :		List[Any]			    =    right_half[pointera]
            pointera += 1
            index += 1
    while pointera < len(__A						):
        _lowerCamelCase  :		int			    =    left_half[pointera]
        pointera += 1
        index += 1

    while pointera < len(__A						):
        _lowerCamelCase  :		Optional[Any]			    =    right_half[pointera]
        pointera += 1
        index += 1

    return sorted_array







def     A__	(       __A						):







    '''simple docstring'''
    if len(__A						) <= 1:
        return array
    # the actual formula to calculate the middle element = left + (right - left) // 2
    # this avoids integer overflow in case of large N
    _lowerCamelCase  :		int			    =    0 + (len(__A						) - 0) // 2

    # Split the array into halves till the array length becomes equal to One
    # merge the arrays of single length returned by mergeSort function and
    # pass them into the merge arrays function which merges the array
    _lowerCamelCase  :		List[str]			    =    array[:middle]
    _lowerCamelCase  :		Optional[int]			    =    array[middle:]

    return merge(merge_sort(__A						) ,			merge_sort(__A						)						)


if __name__ == "__main__":
    import doctest

    doctest.testmod()




