/**
  * DAC Algorithm to multiply two long numbers
  *
  * @param a : Input object of BigArithmetic class
  * @param b : Input object of BigArithmetic class
  * @return : Returns an object of the BigArithmetic class which is a product of the two inputs
  */
 public static G05_BigArithmetic product(G05_BigArithmetic a, G05_BigArithmetic b) {
   // If any of the two lists is null return null
   if (a == null || b == null) {
     return null;
   }
   // We remove the MS zeros to get the effective size of the two numbers.
   G05_BigArithmetic x = a.removeMSZeros();
   G05_BigArithmetic y = b.removeMSZeros();
   /*If the size is zero, then the list is 0, so return zero - Multiply by zero */
   if (x.effectiveSize == 0 || y.effectiveSize == 0) {
     return new G05_BigArithmetic(0L);
   }
   // Call the productBA for DAC
   G05_BigArithmetic c = productBA(x, y);
   return c;
 }
 /**
  * Method to subtract two large numbers
  *
  * @param a : Input a - an object of the BigArithmetic Class.
  * @param b : Input b - Second object of the BigArithmetic Class.
  * @return : An object of the type BigArithmetic, that contains the result of the subtraction.
  */
 public static G05_BigArithmetic subtract(G05_BigArithmetic a, G05_BigArithmetic b) {
   boolean sign = false, bo = false; // Two boolean flags to represent sign and borrow
   /*
    * If second number is bigger than first, swap the two and set sign to true
    * We will return zero if sign is still set to true - Level 1 - No negative nos.
    */
   if (a.number.size() < b.number.size()) {
     G05_BigArithmetic t = b;
     b = a;
     a = t;
     sign = true;
   }
   /*
    * If the size of the two numbers are equal, then iterate to see if second is bigger than first.
    * If yes, swap and set sign as true like the previous case.
    * Else, we are good to continue with the subtraction, so break out of the loop.
    */
   else if (a.number.size() == b.number.size()) {
     for (int i = a.number.size() - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
       if (a.number.get(i) < b.number.get(i)) {
         sign = true;
         G05_BigArithmetic t = b;
         b = a;
         a = t;
         continue;
       } else break;
     }
   }
   // Iterators for looping through the linked list.
   Iterator<Long> ita = a.number.iterator();
   Iterator<Long> itb = b.number.iterator();
   G05_BigArithmetic result = new G05_BigArithmetic();
   Long diff, firstElement = nextElement(ita), secondElement = nextElement(itb);
   while (secondElement != null) {
     if (bo) {
       if (firstElement == 0) {
         firstElement = 9L;
         bo = true;
       } else {
         firstElement = firstElement - 1;
         bo = false;
       }
     }
     if (firstElement < secondElement) {
       firstElement += 10;
       bo = true;
     }
     diff = firstElement - secondElement;
     result.number.add(diff % B);
     firstElement = nextElement(ita);
     secondElement = nextElement(itb);
   }
   while (firstElement != null) {
     if (bo) {
       if (firstElement == 0) {
         firstElement = 9L;
         bo = true;
       } else {
         firstElement = firstElement - 1;
         bo = false;
       }
     }
     result.number.add(firstElement);
     firstElement = nextElement(ita);
   }
   // If sign, result is a negative number - so return zero
   if (sign) {
     return new G05_BigArithmetic(0L);
   }
   // Remove the most significant zeros from the list.
   result.removeMSZeros();
   // If after removing the zeros the size is zero, we return the answer as zero
   if (result.effectiveSize == 0) {
     return new G05_BigArithmetic(0L);
   }
   return result;
 }