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Codeforces Beta Round #92 - Analysis
By aropan, 13 years ago, translation, In English
Div-2. 124A - The number of positions
Let's iterate through the each item and check whether it is appropriate to the conditions a ≤ i - 1 and n - i ≤ b (for i from 1 to n). The first condition can be converted into a + 1 ≤ i, and the condition n - i ≤ b in n - b ≤ i, then the general condition can be written max(a + 1, n - b) ≤ i and then our answer can be calculated by the formula n - max(a + 1, n - b) + 1.
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Div-2. 124B - Permutations
Let's try all possible ways to rearrange digits in the numbers and check the difference between maximum and minimum number.
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Div-1. 123A - Prime Permutation
Div-2. 124C - Prime Permutation
All positions except the first and those whose number is a prime greater |s| / 2 have to have the same symbol. Remaining positions can have any symbol. Consider positions that should be the same for p = 2 is 2,4,6,8 ... Now let's take a position with the number x ≤ |s| / 2, this position should have the same character as the position of 2 as the symbol x must be equal to the character at position 2 * x, which is equal to the character at position 2. Now consider the position whose number is more than |s| / 2. If this position is not a prime then there is a prime number p to divide the number at our positions and p ≤ |s| / 2. So character at position p is equal the character at position 2 and so a symbol at our position is also consistent to the character at position 2. The remaining positions are not combined with any other positions so it does not matter which symbol is situated here.
Let's find the symbol which occurs the most and try to place the symbol on the position in which the characters have to be equal. If this symbol for all positions is not enough then the answer will be "NO", otherwise arrange the remaining characters by any way at other positions.
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Div-1. 123B - Squares
Div-2. 124D - Squares
Let's turn the field on 45o transforming cells coordinates (x, y) in (x + y, x - y). Then the cell (x, y) will be bad if one of the conditions occurs x ≡ 0 (mod 2a) or y ≡ 0 (mod 2b). So good cells will be divided into sectors by vertical and horizontal lines. For each sector, it is possible to determine the coordinates of a pair of numbers, the first number that will rise during the transition to the next right sector, and the second pair number will increase during the transition to the next upper sector. From the sector with coordinates (x, y) can go to any nearby on the side of the sector, visiting at least one bad cell, ie in (x - 1, y), (x + 1, y), (x, y - 1) and (x, y + 1). Since the numbers 2a and 2b have the same parity, then from the sector (x, y) can also go to the sector on the diagonal, and visiting a bad cell, ie in (x - 1, y + 1), (x + 1, y - 1), (x - 1, y - 1) and (x + 1, y + 1). Then it turns out that the minimum number of bad cells, which should be visited on the way out of from the sector (x1, y1) to sector of (x2, y2) equals max(|x1 - x2|, |y1 - y2|).
Let's transform the coordinates of the initial and final cells as described rule above. Then find sectors which contain our cells and calculate answer with formula above.
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Div-1. 123C - Brackets
Div-2. 124E - Brackets
Let's reduce the problem to a one-dimensional matrix. Consider a monotonous path (1, 1), (1, 2), ..., (1, m - 1), (1, m), (2, m), ..., (n - 1, m), (n, m) which has correct bracket sequence. Now, in this way a cell (1, m) can be replaced on (2, m - 1) and still be a monotonous way and will form the correct sequence of the bracket. So in the cells of (1, m) and (2, m - 1) is one type of bracket. Proceeding further (eg to replace (1, m - 1) on (2, m - 2) or (2, m) on (3, m - 1)) can be seen that in cells (i, j) and (i - 1, j + 1) is one type of bracket. Then we get not two-dimensional array n × m, a one-dimensional size n + m - 1. For each position can be determined what her highest priority, ie for cell i (1 ≤ i ≤ n + m - 1), the priority will be equal to the minimum value of px, y where 1 ≤ x ≤ n, 1 ≤ y ≤ m and x + y - 1 = i.
Let's iterate through the positions, starting with the highest priority. Let's put in this position the bracket "(" and consider how many ways can complete the remaining brackets to get the correct bracket sequence. If the number of ways of not less than k, then leave in this position "(", or reduce the k on the number of ways and put in this positions bracket ")". And so let's iterate through all items. In order to calculate the number of ways each time dynamics is calculated on two parameters fi, j, where i is the number of processed positions, and j is the number of opened brackets. If the position of i + 1 bracket is not defined yet then you can go to fi + 1, j + 1 or fi + 1, j - 1, if defined then only fi + 1, j + 1 or only fi + 1, j - 1, depending on opening or closing bracket respectively.
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Div-1. 123D - String
Sort all suffixes of the string (denoted by an array of strings ci). Then the answer to the problem is the amount of 1 ≤ i ≤ j ≤ |s| and 1 ≤ k, that the prefixes of length k in all ci..j are equal. Options when i = j, and 1 ≤ k ≤ |ci| can calculate at once, it is the number of substrings in the string, ie |s| * (|s| + 1) / 2. Now let's count the LCP (longest common prefix) for adjacent suffixes, ie ai = LCP(ci, ci + 1) for 1 ≤ i < |s|. Then let's count the number of 1 ≤ i ≤ j < |s| and 1 ≤ k, that k ≤ min(ai..j). This task is to count the number of rectangles if there is a limit to the height of each column, ie ai the maximum height of the rectangle in the column i. Solve by a stack or list.
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Div-1. 123E - Maze
Consider what is the expected value for a given entrance and exit vertexes. It is clear that there will be only one path from the entrance to the exit, which in any case will be passed. Also, you can still go in the wrong direction. Consider the case when the chosen vertex from which there is k false paths and one right (it is always). Then before going in the right direction it can be 2k equiprobable way around false paths. Every false way occurs the 2k - 1 ways and to increase the number of moves in 2 ×  < amount of vertexes in false subtree >  ie expectation of a false path to increase by 2 ×  < amount of vertexes in false subtree >  × 2k - 1 / 2k =  < amount of vertexes in false subtree > . Then expectation in vertex is equal to sum of  < amount of vertexes in false subtrees >  + 1 (a move in the right direction) + expectation of the vertex if to go the right direction. The result is that the expected value equal to the number of edges reachable from the entrance, without passing through the exit.
Let's run dfs and consider of the vertex as exit vertex. Then, if in some subtree defined entrance, the expected value equal to the size of the subtree. Calculate how much of each subtree is the number of entrance and calculate the number of moves, if the exit is in the current vertex. It is necessary not to forget to count cases where the current vertex is an exit and entrance is higher in the tree traversal.
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13 years ago, # |
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Could someone help me with this:  in problem D, how to compute LCP(ci, ci + 1) quickly?  Some solutions use a binary search for that part, I don't understand why it works that way.
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    I used the suffix array.
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    I used Suffix Automaton to solve this problem. & I think Suffix Automaton is very much easier than implementing Suffix array here.

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      Can you please tell what is the intuition behind suffix automaton & how it will be used to solve D here ? Any help will be appreciated.

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I've solved the A with min(n — a, b + 1)

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    14 months ago, # ^ |
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    sir can you give me the reason please

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      14 months ago, # ^ |
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      Maths are not my strongest point, so I can't provide a mathematical explanation.

      My logic is (was):

      If there are at least A people in front of me, I am sure that I would never be on any of those positions. So, I'll be in some position between the last one of them and the end of the queue. This leaves me in a range of N — A positions, at most.

      If I have, at most, B people between me and the end of the queue, I'll be in a position in the range b — 1 (just ahead of the first person of the B group) to the end of the queue. This is a range of B + 1 positions, at most (as from the statement "not more than B", means that may be less than that quantity).

      So, if we put together those two requirements ("N — A positions, at most") and ("B + 1 positions, at most"), we have to get the lowest of the two values (based on the "at most" part on both of them. This means taking the min function of both.

      The result comes from min(n — a, b + 1)

      Hope my explanation is clean enough and it helps you understand my approach.

      Happy coding!

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Can we solve Div2-B with faster algorithm ?

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Did not quite understand how "max(a + 1, n - b) ≤ i and then our answer can be calculated by the formula n - max(a + 1, n - b) + 1." takes place. Would anyone like to explain the +1 part?

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    8 years ago, # ^ |
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    i greater than or equal to max(a  +  1,  n  -  b).

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In A the problem text says that "...and no more than b people standing behind him."

So, there are 0 up to b people behind him. Not more, but maybe zero. If it is zero people behind him, then literaly no position get occupied by them. So b can and must be simply ignored.

Is it a translation error?

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    I see you have accepted the task. Still have a question?

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      I think I understood.

      The sentence "...and no more than b people standing behind him." implies that at least a given numer of people are standing in front of him. So b cannot be ignored.

      Since this is the key observation it would have helped to state that in the tutorial text. Thanks anyway.

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        6 months ago, # ^ |
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        This still doesn't make sense because in the first example 3 1 1 if he is in position 3rd (this would be the last position, as the example shows as valid) he assumes the number of ppl behind him is zero. So either the problem statement, the example, or the correctness criteria is wrong

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i am getting Unable to parse markup error ? wtf ?

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Can someone explain the solution of problem D squares in more details ? I can't figure out the rotation and the sectors in the editorial.

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