Oh glorious King Wu, please guide us towards the full-solve...
Kimmy is very obsessed with Cosmo, so he got inspired to hop in a rocket and explore the cosmos for himself. He's fascinated by the many moons orbiting Jupiter during his time there, and makes note of both their distances and the potential they hold. Kimmy realizes how critical his observations are for exploring other spatial bodies, so he develops the Kimmy metric to hopefully optimize space research. For a list $$$a$$$ of $$$n$$$ moons, where the $$$i$$$th moon has scientific potential $$$p_i$$$ and is $$$d_i$$$ meters away, the metric $$$k$$$ is defined as
$$$$$$k = \frac{(\sum_i p_i)^2}{\sum_i d_i}$$$$$$
Since space exploration resources are limited, Kimmy wants to figure out how to pick the best moons to visit. Can you help him find the highest metric he can reach by exploring a subarray of moons?
The first line contains $$$n$$$ ($$$2 \le n \le 2 \cdot 10^5$$$), the number of moons. The second line contains $$$n$$$ space-separated integers, denoting the array $$$p$$$ ($$$1 \le p_i \le 10^9$$$). The third line contains $$$n$$$ space-separated integers, denoting the array $$$d$$$ ($$$1 \le d_i \le 10^9$$$).
Output a single value $$$k$$$: the maximum Kimmy metric among all (non-empty) subarrays of the set of moons. Your answer will be correct if its relative or absolute error does not exceed $$$10^{-6}$$$.
3 5 15 10 6 3 2
125
5 10 13 7 8 11 11 7 14 17 19
35.30882353
In the first test case, the subarray consisting of the second and third moons achieves a Kimmy metric of $$$$$$\frac{(15+10)^2}{3+2} = 125.$$$$$$ It can be shown no higher metric can be reached.
Cloud City floats in the sky of Bespin, an immense gas giant. The city is planning a supply run and has $$$n$$$ distinct cargo ships available. The city must dispatch a fleet for the mission, but Imperial patrol patterns mean that the fleet must contain an odd number of ships (because an even number of ships would be too easy to detect). At least one ship must be in each fleet.
How many different fleets can be assembled?
A single integer $$$n$$$ $$$(1 \leq n \leq 60)$$$, the number of distinct ships available.
A single integer: the number of valid fleets.
3
4
If there are $$$n=3$$$ ships, the only possible odd-numbered fleets are of sizes 1 and 3. For a fleet with one ship, there are three unique fleets, one per unique ship. For a fleet with three ships, there is only one possible fleet: selecting all three ships. So, $$$3+1=4$$$ unique fleets are possible.
The curators of planet Fontaineblue are obsessed with Earth's classical period. They "borrowed" masterpieces and ran them through a 3D-quantum replicator to sell perfect pairs to wealthy collectors. However, a power surge during the process caused the machine to skip exactly two unique originals. Now, the vault contains paintings, but the curators have lost track of which two items still need their twin. Help find them!
The first line contains a single integer $$$N$$$ ($$$2 \le N \le 10^6$$$) — the number of unique masterpieces originally borrowed.
The $$$i$$$-th line after that, for $$$2N - 2$$$ lines, contains $$$a_i$$$ ($$$1 \le a_i \le 10^9$$$), representing an ID of a painting currently present in the vault.
Note the memory limit!
Print two space-separated integers in ascending order: the IDs of the two masterpieces that are missing their duplicates.
37137
1 3
This is an interactive problem.
As the Lead Exogeologist for the planet Herryng, you are tasked with surveying the "Convex Craters"—mysterious convex geological formations whose vertices align perfectly with the planet's magnetic $$$n \times n$$$ coordinate grid. The survey area spans from $$$(1, 1)$$$ at the bottom-left to $$$(n, n)$$$ at the top-right.
To map the crater, you are equipped with an Ion-Scanning Camera. For any lattice point $$$(x, y)$$$, the camera returns:
Preliminary long-range scans have already confirmed that the coordinates $$$(1, t)$$$ and $$$(n, b)$$$ are perimeter points (P).
The camera is energy-intensive. You are allowed a maximum of $$$7n$$$ scans before the satellite loses its orbital lock.
Once the survey is complete, you must determine how much sealant is required to cover the crater. One "sealent bucket" covers exactly half of a unit square ($$$0.5$$$ units of area). Print the minimum number of paint buckets needed to cover the entire crater.
The first line contains three integers $$$n$$$, $$$t$$$, and $$$b$$$ ($$$2 \le n \le 10^3$$$, $$$1 \le t, b \le n$$$).
When your program is ready to provide the final result, print a single line in the format ! p, where $$$p$$$ represents the minimum number of paint buckets required to cover the crater.
After printing the answer, your program must immediately perform a flush operation and terminate. Do not print an additional newline character between the answer and the flush.
To query for a point $$$(x,y)$$$, print "? x y", where $$$1\le x,y\le n$$$. After that, print a line break and do a flush operation.
After making a query, you should read a single character $$$c$$$. If $$$c$$$ is 'I', $$$(x,y)$$$ is inside the polygon. If $$$c$$$ is 'P', $$$(x,y)$$$ is on the perimeter of the polygon. If $$$c$$$ is 'X', $$$(x,y)$$$ is strictly outside the polygon.
If at some moment your program reads 0 from the interactor, it should immediately exit (for example, by calling exit(0)). You will get a "Wrong Answer" in this case, and it means that you asked more than $$$7n$$$ queries, or asked an invalid query. If you ignore this, you can get other verdicts since your program will continue to read from a closed stream. Note that printing an answer does not count as a query.
Your solution will get "Idleness Limit Exceeded" if you don't print anything or forget to flush the output, including for the final answer.
To flush, you can use (just after printing the line break):
3 1 2 P P P P I P X P P
? 1 1 ? 1 2 ? 1 3 ? 2 1 ? 2 2 ? 2 3 ? 3 1 ? 3 2 ? 3 3 ! 7
Deep-space explorers on Gliese-581g have recovered multiple ancient alien data cores. Its security protocol uses a folding 64-bit hash to verify user identities.
The hash will take in an unsigned $$$64$$$-bit integer $$$x$$$, that is, an integer in the range $$$0 \le x \lt 2^{64}$$$.
First define $$$$$$ p(x)=\operatorname{rotl}_{64}(Mx+C,23), $$$$$$ where all arithmetic on $$$64$$$-bit integers is performed modulo $$$2^{64}$$$, and $$$$$$ M=\texttt{0x9E3779B97F4A7C15}, \qquad C=\texttt{0xD1B54A32D192ED03}. $$$$$$
Then define the hash $$$$$$ h(x)=\operatorname{lo}_{32}(p(x)) \oplus \operatorname{hi}_{32}(p(x)). $$$$$$
In the formulas above:
You will be given $$$q$$$ test cases in which you will try to break the data core's hash function.
For each test case, you are given a target unsigned $$$32$$$-bit integer $$$t$$$, that is, an integer in the range $$$0 \le t \lt 2^{32}$$$.
Output two distinct unsigned $$$64$$$-bit integers $$$a$$$ and $$$b$$$ such that the hashed values collide with each other on $$$t$$$. In other words, $$$$$$ h(a)=h(b)=t. $$$$$$
Any valid answer will be accepted.
The first line contains a single integer $$$q$$$ $$$(1 \le q \le 2\cdot 10^5)$$$, the number of test cases.
Each of the next $$$q$$$ lines contains one integer $$$t$$$ $$$(0 \le t \lt 2^{32})$$$.
For each test case, print two distinct integers $$$a$$$ and $$$b$$$ $$$(0 \le a,b \lt 2^{64})$$$ such that $$$$$$ h(a)=h(b)=t. $$$$$$
If there are multiple valid answers, print any.
1587262709
8878460273963937783 14508321764111559159
As an example, $$$h(10)=\texttt{0x521ACDE7}=1377488359$$$.
In the high-security district of Oztin on the planet Cuqii Scigmah, a foreign traveler named Coosh has been detained by the local Planetary Guard. The charge? Unauthorized Traversal of restricted research grounds. In Oztin, the laws regarding trespassing are absolute, and the local magistrates rarely show leniency to outsiders. However, the Chief Magistrate has offered Coosh a single chance to avoid a permanent "administrative stay" in the Oztin detention center. He must demonstrate his analytical prowess by solving the Permutation Stability Puzzle.
Coosh is given an integer $$$n$$$ $$$(1 \le n \le 5000)$$$ and $$$q$$$ $$$(1 \le q \le 10^5)$$$ queries, where each query is a range $$$[l, r]$$$. He must construct a permutation $$$P$$$ of the integers from $$$0$$$ to $$$n-1$$$. For each query $$$[l, r]$$$, the "stability" of that range is defined as the $$$\mathrm{MEX}^\dagger$$$ of $$$P[l \dots r]$$$. To earn his release, Coosh must arrange the permutation $$$P$$$ such that the Total Stability Index—the sum of the $$$\mathrm{MEX}$$$ values across all $$$q$$$ queries—is maximized.
$$$^\dagger$$$The $$$\mathrm{MEX}$$$ (minimum excluded value) of an array is the smallest non-negative integer that is not in the array. For example:
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The first line contains integers $$$n$$$ $$$(1 \le n \le 5000)$$$ and $$$q$$$ $$$(1 \le q \le 10^5)$$$, the size of the permutation Coosh will construct and the number of queries respectively.
The next $$$q$$$ $$$(1 \le q \le 10^5)$$$ lines will contain integers $$$l, r$$$ $$$(1 \le l \le r \le n)$$$, where each $$$l, r$$$ pair represents one query.
NOTE: queries are not necessarily unique
Output a single number, the maximum Total Stability Index that can be achieved.
3 3 1 3 2 2 2 3
6
In the example test case, Coosh can arrange $$$P$$$ to be $$$[2, 0, 1]$$$.
The $$$\mathrm{MEX}$$$ of the range 1 to 3 is the $$$\mathrm{MEX}$$$ of $$$[2, 0, 1]$$$ which is 3
The $$$\mathrm{MEX}$$$ of the range 2 to 2 is the $$$\mathrm{MEX}$$$ of $$$[0]$$$ which is 1
The $$$\mathrm{MEX}$$$ of the range 2 to 3 is the $$$\mathrm{MEX}$$$ of $$$[0, 1]$$$ which is 2
$$$3 + 1 + 2 = 6$$$ giving us our Total Stability Index for this arrangement of $$$P$$$. It can be proven that this arrangement of $$$P$$$ achieves the maximum possible Total Stability Index.
Eridanus Prime is preparing $$$N$$$ transport ships for an Imperial contract, where the $$$i$$$-th ship has a cargo capacity of $$$A_i$$$.
You must design a standardized shipping crate of length $$$x$$$. To maintain structural stability during hyperspace, a ship can only be deployed if its cargo bay is filled perfectly with these crates—meaning the capacity $$$A_i$$$ must be a multiple of the crate size $$$x$$$.
To ensure safety, each vessel is permitted to carry at most one Unstable Coaxium Core. Due to its volatile nature, the core must be housed within a single crate. The Empire seeks to maximize their total yield, calculated as the crate size $$$x$$$ multiplied by the number of ships successfully deployed.
Given the capacities $$$A$$$, determine the crate size $$$x$$$ that maximizes the total payout.
The first line contains a single integer $$$N$$$ ($$$1 \le N \le 10^6$$$) — the number of transport ships.
The second line contains $$$N$$$ space-separated integers $$$A_1, A_2, \dots, A_N$$$ ($$$1 \le A_i \le 10^6$$$) — the cargo capacities of the ships.
Print a single integer — the crate size $$$x$$$ that maximizes the total payout. If there are multiple values of $$$x$$$ that yield the same maximum profit, print the smallest among them.
52 3 3 4 5
3
55 4 3 2 1
1
You are embarking on an intergalactic space-trip! However, due to recent intergalactic events, the cost of spaceship fuel has been very erratic. Your trip can be thought of as a straight line with $$$n$$$ space fuel stations between you and your destination with position $$$p_i$$$ and cost $$$c_i$$$ per unit of fuel. You are initially at the first station. Special warp drive technology allows your ship to 'hop' from one position $$$x$$$ to another station at position $$$y$$$ for a cost of $$$\lceil\frac{f}{e} \rceil * |x - y|$$$ units of fuel, where $$$f$$$ is the amount of fuel you are carrying at position $$$x$$$ (after choose whether to buy any), and $$$e$$$ is your ship's fuel efficiency. You must always buy exactly enough fuel to get to your station. Your ship must have at least one unit of fuel to travel. Before you begin your trip, find the minimum amount you will need to pay to reach your destination!
The first line of input will contain the integers $$$n (1 \leq n \leq 5000)$$$, $$$k (1 \leq k \leq 10^5)$$$, and $$$e (1 \leq e \leq 10^5)$$$, the number of space stations you will pass, your destination, and your ship's fuel efficiency.
The next line of input wlil contain $$$n$$$ ascending integers $$$p_i (0 \leq p_i \leq 10^5)$$$, the position of each fuel station. It is also guaranteed that the destination is reachable by spending a finite amount on fuel.
The last line of input will contain $$$n$$$ integers $$$c_i (1 \leq c_i \leq 10^5)$$$, the cost per unit of fuel at the $$$i-th$$$ station.
Output the minimum amount you must pay to reach your destination.
5 70 30 0 20 30 40 60 2 3 4 3 7
190
Just as you enter the beautiful planet Yacworld, the local yacs have approached you with an extremely important problem.
Yalice has a string $$$s$$$ of length $$$n$$$, consisting of lowercase English letters. She wants to determine the string's yacness, which is defined as the sum of distances over all pairs of equal substrings of $$$s$$$. Specifically, the yacness of $$$s$$$ is equal to the sum of $$$j-i$$$ over all $$$(i, j, k)$$$ where $$$1 \leq i \lt j \leq n - k + 1$$$ and $$$s_{i, i+k-1} = s_{j, j+k-1}$$$.
Please help Yalice and determine the yacness of her string!
The first line of input will contain a single integer $$$n$$$ ($$$1 \leq n \leq 2\cdot10^5$$$) — denoting the length of $$$s$$$. The next line will contain a string of length $$$n$$$ consisting of lowercase English letters.
Output a single integer denoting the yacness of $$$s$$$. Since this value can be large, output it modulo the prime $$$998244353$$$.
6abccab
13
9aabbabcba
51
8yacworld
0
For his next video, Mr. Beast has gathered $$$n$$$ contestants on his private planet Island, which, fittingly, is an ocean planet with a single large island. Each contestant is given two numbers $$$a_i$$$ and $$$b_i$$$, which are the beginning and end of a sequence of consecutive numbers that the contestant has to count, in order. For a prize of 1 trillion dollars, the contestants have to work together to ensure that each contestant counts their own numbers while maintaining a nondecreasing order between all the contestants' numbers.
Now, the contestants need your help to answer $$$q$$$ queries asking for the numbers that will be counted at various positions. In other words, each query asks for the number at a specific position in the sorted list containing all the sequences merged together.
The first line of input contains $$$n$$$ and $$$q$$$ ($$$1 \le n, q \le 10^5$$$), the number of sequences and the number of queries, respectively.
The next $$$n$$$ lines each contain two integers $$$a_i$$$ and $$$b_i$$$ ($$$1 \le a_i \le b_i \le 10^9$$$), the beginning and end (inclusive) of the $$$i^\text{th}$$$ sequence of consecutive numbers, respectively.
The next line contains $$$q$$$ integers $$$x_1, x_2, ..., x_n$$$ ($$$1 \le x_i \le 10^{14}$$$), the position that each query asks about in the sorted list; each position is guaranteed to be valid.
The output should be $$$q$$$ integers, each on a separate line, the number counted at each query's position.
3 91 32 43 51 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
1 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 5
The three given sequences are $$$1, 2, 3$$$; $$$2, 3, 4$$$; and $$$3, 4, 5$$$. When merged together and sorted, the result is $$$1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 5$$$. The queries ask for every index in order, so the whole list is printed.
Chief Scientist Randward Lirili want to explore a $$$N \times N$$$ grid on Larila using rovers.
Due to the high cost, each rover is programmable, but only with a sequence of $$$M$$$ instructions moving the rover North (N), East (E), South (S), or West (W). The rover repeats this sequence of instructions infinitely.
Some of the tiles on the grid are too precarious for the rover to travel through, if the rover needs to execute an instruction that will cause the rover to travel onto one of these tiles, the rover will skip this instruction and go to the next one. Moving outside of the grid is also considered precarious.
The rover is said to have returned to base if the rover reaches one of the ships that have landed in this grid. When the rover reaches the ship, it stops.
Given a sequence of instructions, determine whether a rover will return to base for every starting tile on the grid. If a rover starts on a tile that is precarious, it crashes and burns and automatically fails to return to base.
The first line contains two integers $$$N$$$ and $$$M$$$ ($$$1 \le N, M \le 500$$$).
Each of the next $$$N$$$ lines contains a string of $$$N$$$ characters describing a row of the grid, from north to south. Each character is one of . (safe), # (precarious), or S (ship).
The last line contains a string of $$$M$$$ characters describing the move sequence. Each character is one of N (north), S (south), E (east), or W (west).
Print $$$N$$$ lines, each containing $$$N$$$ characters. The character at row $$$i$$$, column $$$j$$$ should be 1 if a rover starting at that cell returns to base, and 0 otherwise.
3 4S..#.#...NNWW
111 010 010
On his search for habitable planets, Johnny discovered the planet Karst. However, even though Karst has the perfect atmosphere, temperature, and gravity for human living, there's one major problem: Karst's surface is too rough!
The surface of Karst can be represented by a sequence of $$$n$$$ integers $$$a_1, a_2, ..., a_n$$$ representing altitudes measured at various locations on the planet. Johnny would like the surface of Karst to be smoothed out such that the new measured altitudes form a sequence $$$b_1, b_2, ..., b_n$$$. In particular, for some smoothness value $$$k$$$, the new sequence should satisfy $$$|b_i - b_{i + 1}| \le k$$$ for $$$1 \le i \le n - 1$$$.
Fortunately, Johnny has many AI terraforming agents at his disposal, which will perform any surface transformation with cost $$$\sum_{i = 1}^n |a_i - b_i|$$$. Since Johnny does not want to use up all the water on his home planet to power his AI agents, he would like to know: What is the minimum cost to smooth out the surface of Karst?
The first line contains two integers, $$$n$$$ and $$$k$$$ ($$$1 \le n \le 2 \cdot 10^5$$$, $$$1 \le k \le 10^9$$$) – the number of altitude measurements and the desired smoothness value, respectively.
The next line contains $$$n$$$ space-separated integers, with the $$$i$$$-th integer being $$$a_i$$$ ($$$0 \le a_i \le 10^9$$$) – the $$$i$$$-th measured altitude on Karst.
Output a single integer – the minimum cost to smooth out the surface of Karst.
3 15 7 5
1
In the sample test case, Johnny can achieve the minimum cost of $$$1$$$ with the sequence $$$b_1 = 5$$$, $$$b_2 = 6$$$, and $$$b_3 = 5$$$. Observe that this sequence also satisfies the smoothness value of $$$1$$$.
The UTPC officers have just arrived on planet Aerth (completely different from planet Earth), and are preparing to embark on an expedition across the solar system aboard their spaceship. Unfortunately, the ship operates on a strict launch schedule — it departs at exactly time $$$T$$$, with or without everyone on board.
The boarding ramp fits exactly one officer at a time. Each officer $$$i$$$ requires $$$b_i$$$ seconds to board. You may choose the order in which officers board. An officer successfully boards if they finish boarding by time $$$T$$$. The first officer begins boarding at time $$$0$$$.
The expedition cannot begin without as many officers as possible. Determine the maximum number of officers that can board the spaceship before it departs.
The first line contains two integers $$$n$$$ and $$$T$$$ ($$$1 \leq n \leq 2 \cdot 10^5$$$, $$$1 \leq T \leq 10^9$$$) — the number of officers and the departure time in seconds.
The second line contains $$$n$$$ integers $$$b_1, b_2, \ldots, b_n$$$ ($$$1 \leq b_i \leq 10^9$$$) — the time in seconds it takes each officer to board.
Print a single integer — the maximum number of officers that can board the spaceship before departure.
5 103 1 4 1 5
4