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Card Stacking Game

ℹ️Published on Saturday, 14th May 2022, 11:00 pm; Solved by 138;
Difficulty rating: 100%

Two players play a game with a deck of cards which contains $s$ suits with each suit containing $n$ cards numbered from $1$ to $n$.

Before the game starts, a set of cards (which may be empty) is picked from the deck and placed face-up on the table, with no overlap. These are called the visible cards.

The players then make moves in turn.
A move consists of choosing a card X from the rest of the deck and placing it face-up on top of a visible card Y, subject to the following restrictions:

  • X and Y must be the same suit;
  • the value of X must be larger than the value of Y.

The card X then covers the card Y and replaces Y as a visible card.
The player unable to make a valid move loses and play stops.

Let $C(n, s)$ be the number of different initial sets of cards for which the first player will lose given best play for both players.

For example, $C(3, 2) = 26$ and $C(13, 4) \equiv 540318329 \pmod {1\,000\,000\,007}$.

Find $C(10^7, 10^7)$. Give your answer modulo $1\,000\,000\,007$.



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