Implement exponentiation and fill grid distances

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Implement exponentiation and fill grid distances

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This question evaluates algorithmic problem-solving skills in the Coding & Algorithms domain, specifically numeric algorithms for fast exponentiation and graph traversal techniques for grid-based shortest-path computation (multi-source BFS) with attention to edge-case handling.

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Implement exponentiation and fill grid distances