Hello CodeForces Community!

I’d like to invite you to the August CookOff 2016 CodeChef August Cook-Off. As usual, the CookOff will be on the second last Sunday of the month.

Joining me on the problem setting panel are:

• Problem Setter: Morphy (Alei Reyes)
• Problem Tester: kingofnumbers ( Hasan Jaddouh)
• Editorialist: PraveenDhinwa (Praveen Dhinwa)
• Russian Translator: CherryTree (Sergey Kulik)
• Mandarin Translator: huzecong (Hu Zecong)
• Vietnamese Translator: VNOI Team
• Contest Admin and Language Verifier: PraveenDhinwa (Praveen Dhinwa)

Especial thanks go to kpw29 for his appreciation of the problem-set before I send it to CodeChef, he have a good taste in programming contests so I'm glad he found the problems interesting.

Problems are not sorted by difficulty, so I highly recommend to read all of them. The contest theme is based on Lewis Carroll's book Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.

I hope you will enjoy solving the problem set. Please give your feedbacks in the comments below after the contest. You can find the rest of the details about the contest below.

Time: 21st August 2016 (2130 hrs) to 22nd 2016 (0000 hrs). (Indian Standard Time — +5:30 GMT) — Check your timezone.

Details: https://www.codechef.com/COOK73

Registration: You just need to have a CodeChef handle to participate. For all those, who are interested and do not have a CodeChef handle, are requested to register in order to participate.

Prizes:

Top 10 performers in Global and Indian category will get CodeChef laddus, with which the winners can claim cool CodeChef goodies. Know more here: https://www.codechef.com/laddu. (For those who have not yet got their previous winning, please send an email to winners@codechef.com)

Good Luck and Have Fun! Hope to see you participating!!