Thank you all for participating in the round.
All the problems were created by BiNARyBeastt during our classes in winter.
If the the numbers of vowels are fixed, how to arrange them to get the best possible answer?
How to choose the numbers of vowels? Should they be as close, as possible?
Let's define the numbers of vowels by $$$a_0, \cdots, a_4$$$ and assume we have fixed them. Obviously, $$$a_0 + \cdots + a_4 = n$$$.
At first, let's not consider the empty string as it doesn't change anything. Then, the number of palindrome subsequences will be at least $$$A = 2^{a_0} + \cdots + 2^{a_4} - 5$$$ (every subsequence consisting of the same letter minus the five empty strings). Now, notice that if we put the same characters consecutively then the answer would be exactly $$$A$$$, and that would be the best possible answer for that fixed numbers (there cannot be other palindrome subsequences because if the first and last characters are the same, then all the middle part will be the same as well).
Now, we need to find the best array $$$a$$$. To do this, let's assume there are 2 mumbers $$$x$$$ and $$$y$$$ in the array such that $$$x + 2 \leq y$$$. Then, $$$2^x + 2^y > 2 \cdot 2^{y-1} \geq 2^{x+1} + 2^{y-1}$$$. This means, that replacing $$$x$$$ and $$$y$$$ with $$$x+1$$$ and $$$y-1$$$ will not change the sum of the array $$$a$$$ but will make the number of palindrome subsequences smaller. We can do this replacing process until no two numbers in $$$a$$$ have difference bigger than $$$1$$$. Actually, there is only one such array (not considering its permutations) and it contains only $$$(n / 5)$$$-s and $$$((n / 5) + 1)$$$-s.
#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
const string VOWELS = "aeiou";
int main()
{
ios_base::sync_with_stdio(false);
cin.tie(0); cout.tie(0);
int t; cin >> t; // test cases
while (t--) {
int n; cin >> n; // string length
vector<int> v(5, n / 5); // n - (n % 5) numbers should be (n / 5)
for (int i = 0; i < n % 5; i++) v[i]++; // and the others should be (n / 5) + 1
for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++) for (int j = 0; j < v[i]; j++) cout << VOWELS[i]; // output VOWELS[i] v[i] times
cout << "\n";
}
}
B1 — The Strict Teacher (Easy Version), B2 — The Strict Teacher (Hard Version)
There are only few cases. Try finding them and handling separately.
For the easy version, there are three cases and they can be considered separately.
Case 1: David is in the left of both teachers. In this case, it is obvious that he needs to go as far left as possible, which is cell $$$1$$$. Then, the time needed to catch David will be $$$b_1-1$$$.
Case 2: David is in the right of both teachers. In this case, similarly, David needs to go as far right as possible, which is cell $$$n$$$. Then, the time needed to catch David will be $$$n-b_2$$$.
Case 3: David is between the two teachers. In this case, David needs to stay in the middle (if there are two middle cells, it doesn't matter which one is picked as the middle) of two teachers, so they both have to come closer to him simultaneously. So, they will need the same amount of time, which will be $$$(b_2-b_1) / 2$$$. Notice, that David can always go to the middle cell not depending on his cell number.
What changes in Case 3 if there are more than two teachers?
For this version, there are three cases, too. Case 1 and Case 2 from the above solution are still correct, but the last one should be changed a bit because now it is important between which two consecutive teachers David is. To find that teachers, we can use binary search (after sorting $$$b$$$, of course). After finding that David is between teachers $$$i$$$ and $$$i+1$$$, the answer is $$$(b_{i+1}-b_i) / 2$$$, just like the easy version.
#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
int main()
{
ios_base::sync_with_stdio(false);
cin.tie(0); cout.tie(0);
int t; cin >> t; // test cases
while (t--) {
int n, m, q; cin >> n >> m >> q;
vector<int> a(m);
for (int i = 0; i < m; i++) cin >> a[i];
sort(a.begin(), a.end());
for (int i = 1; i <= q; i++) {
int b; cin >> b;
int k = upper_bound(a.begin(), a.end(), b) - a.begin(); // finding the first teacher at right
if (k == 0) cout << a[0] - 1 << ' '; // case 1
else if (k == m) cout << n - a[m - 1] << ' '; // case 2
else cout << (a[k] - a[k - 1]) / 2 << ' '; // case 3
}
cout << "\n";
}
}
A greedy approach doesn’t work because the end of one string can connect to the beginning of the next. Try thinking in terms of dynamic programming.
Before processing the next string, we only need to know which letter we reached from the previous selections.
Let's loop through the $$$n$$$ strings and define $$$dp_i$$$ as the maximal answer if we are currently looking for the $$$i$$$-th letter in the word "Narek". Initially, $$$dp_0 = 0$$$, and $$$dp_1 = \cdots = dp_4 = -\infty$$$. For the current string, we brute force on all five letters we could have previously ended on. Let’s say the current letter is the $$$j$$$-th, where $$$0 \leq j < 5$$$. If $$$dp_j$$$ is not $$$-\infty$$$, we can replicate the process of choosing this string for our subset and count the score difference (the answer). Eventually, we will reach to some $$$k$$$-th letter in the word "Narek". If reaching $$$dp_k$$$ from $$$dp_j$$$ is bigger than the previous value of $$$dp_k$$$, we update $$$dp_k$$$ by $$$dp_j + counted\texttt{_}score$$$.
Finally, the answer is $$$dp_i - 2 \cdot i$$$. This is because if $$$i$$$ is not $$$0$$$, then we didn’t fully complete the entire word (the problem states that in this case, these letters are counted in the GPT’s score, so we subtract this from our score and add it to the GPT’s).
Note: Updating the array $$$dp$$$ is incorrect, because we may update some $$$dp_i$$$ for some string, and then use that updated $$$dp_i$$$ for that same string. To avoid this, we can use two arrays and overwrite one to the other for each string.
Time complexity: $$$O(n*m*5)$$$ or $$$O(n*m*25)$$$, depending on the implementation.
#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
const string narek = "narek";
int main()
{
ios_base::sync_with_stdio(false);
cin.tie(0); cout.tie(0);
int t; cin >> t; // test cases
while (t--) {
int n, m; cin >> n >> m;
vector<string> s(n);
for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) cin >> s[i];
vector<int> dp(5, int(-1e9)), ndp;
dp[0] = 0;
for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
ndp = dp; // overwriting dp
for (int j = 0; j < 5; j++) {
if (dp[j] == int(-1e9)) continue;
int counted_score = 0, next = j;
for (int k = 0; k < m; k++) {
int ind = narek.find(s[i][k]);
if (ind == -1) continue; // if s[i][k] is not a letter of "narek"
if (next == ind) { // if s[i][k] is the next letter
next = (next + 1) % 5;
counted_score++;
}
else counted_score--;
}
ndp[next] = max(ndp[next], dp[j] + counted_score);
}
dp = ndp; // overwriting dp back
}
int ans = 0;
for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++) ans = max(ans, dp[i] - 2 * i); // checking all letters
cout << ans << "\n";
}
}
Try checking whether it is possible to get some fixed $$$\gcd$$$-s for $$$a$$$ and $$$b$$$ (i.e. fix the $$$\gcd$$$-s and try finding a sufficient range to swap)
Choosing a range is equivalent to choosing a prefix and a suffix. Which prefixes and suffixes are needed to be checked to find the answer?
There are only few different values in the $$$\gcd$$$-s of prefixes and suffixes. Try finding a limit for them.
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E1 — Subtangle Game (Easy Version), E2 — Subtangle Game (Hard Version)
What happens, when some number accurs more than once in $$$a$$$?
How to use the constraint on the numbers of the array and the matrix?
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