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Invitation to CodeChef Starters 51 (Rated for Div 2, 3 & 4) — 10th August
By JeevanJyot, 2 years ago, In English

We invite you to participate in CodeChef’s Starters 51, this Wednesday, 10th August, rated for Div 2, 3 & 4 participants.

Time: 8 PM — 11:00 PM IST

Joining us on the problem setting panel are:

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Also, if you have some original and engaging problem ideas and are interested in them being used in CodeChef's contests, you can share them here.

Hope to see you participating. Good Luck!

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Reminder: Contest starts in 20 mins.

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Hint for Chef and Cook game???

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    Reducible to NIM game...A[i] elements at index 'i' have distance N — i from the end of the array ,which is equivalen to having N-i stones in a NIM pile..

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      Can you explain this fact

      A[i] elements at index 'i' have distance N — i from the end of the array ,which is equivalent to having N-i stones in a NIM pile..

      a bit more..

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        If you are familiar with NIM game(Sprague grundy theorum)..WLOG consider A[i] = 0 or A[i] = 1.(binary array)...If A[i] = 1..This element can be moved to any index j>i and j<=N. You can perform a move on this element till its index becomes N. In other words the value of N — i can be decreased by any amount just like game of NIM.

        This can be extended to any array A .. by transforming A[i] = A[i]%2 since x^x = 0 and the parity of A[i] only matters.

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    Short solution outline

    You can also have a look at the complete editorial.

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