hello codeforces,↵
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I have come here to ask help to dp experts. I will highly appreciate it if you can help solve this dilemma. I have been struggling with this for a while now. ↵
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THe problem can be found here.↵
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http://codeforces.net/contest/69/problem/D↵
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Now i am not working on a general solution. My algorithm is just for the first test case and i am confused why the result is "Anton loses" when the correct answer is "Anton wins". I have stepped through the logic of my DP formulation and i dont seem to spot the fallacy. So, can you please point out the point where my logic fails. I will highly appreciate it. Thanks for your time. I have commented out parts of my code for legibility. ↵
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import math↵
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#For the following test case↵
#0 0 2 3↵
#1 1↵
#1 2↵
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#x --> x coordinate↵
#y --> y coordinate↵
#t --> if t == True then Anton turn, if t == False then Dasha turn↵
#fs --> if first player or Anton has swapped, since only 1 swap is possible↵
#ss --> if second player or Dasha has swapped, since only 1 swap is possible↵
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def canWin(x, y, t, fs, ss):↵
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if math.sqrt(float(x)*float(x) + float(y)*float(y)) > 3:↵
return False↵
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if t == False and ss == False: #if Dasha turn and if dasha hasnt swapped then can swap 1 time↵
return (not (canWin(x + 1, y + 1, not t, fs, ss))) and (not canWin(x + 1, y + 2, not t, fs, ss)) and (not canWin(y, x, not t, fs, True))↵
elif t == True and fs == False: #if Anton turn and if Anton hasnt swapped then can swap 1 time↵
return (not (canWin(x + 1, y + 1, not t, fs, ss))) and (not canWin(x + 1, y + 2, not t, fs, ss)) and (not canWin(y, x, not t, True, ss))↵
else: #since both has swapped 1 time now cannot swap further↵
return (not (canWin(x + 1, y + 1, not t, fs, ss))) and (not canWin(x + 1, y + 2, not t, fs, ss))↵
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print canWin(0, 0, True, False, False)↵
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#Expected result was True since Anton wins but the result is False↵
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Also, please note that i have removed the memoization part for now as to make the code short and easy to understand so i guess this is not a dp solution. But i am just trying to find the fallacy in my recurrence formula. Thanks!
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I have come here to ask help to dp experts. I will highly appreciate it if you can help solve this dilemma. I have been struggling with this for a while now. ↵
↵
THe problem can be found here.↵
↵
http://codeforces.net/contest/69/problem/D↵
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Now i am not working on a general solution. My algorithm is just for the first test case and i am confused why the result is "Anton loses" when the correct answer is "Anton wins". I have stepped through the logic of my DP formulation and i dont seem to spot the fallacy. So, can you please point out the point where my logic fails. I will highly appreciate it. Thanks for your time. I have commented out parts of my code for legibility. ↵
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~~~~~↵
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import math↵
↵
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#For the following test case↵
#0 0 2 3↵
#1 1↵
#1 2↵
#↵
#↵
#x --> x coordinate↵
#y --> y coordinate↵
#t --> if t == True then Anton turn, if t == False then Dasha turn↵
#fs --> if first player or Anton has swapped, since only 1 swap is possible↵
#ss --> if second player or Dasha has swapped, since only 1 swap is possible↵
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def canWin(x, y, t, fs, ss):↵
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if math.sqrt(float(x)*float(x) + float(y)*float(y)) > 3:↵
return False↵
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if t == False and ss == False: #if Dasha turn and if dasha hasnt swapped then can swap 1 time↵
return (not (canWin(x + 1, y + 1, not t, fs, ss))) and (not canWin(x + 1, y + 2, not t, fs, ss)) and (not canWin(y, x, not t, fs, True))↵
elif t == True and fs == False: #if Anton turn and if Anton hasnt swapped then can swap 1 time↵
return (not (canWin(x + 1, y + 1, not t, fs, ss))) and (not canWin(x + 1, y + 2, not t, fs, ss)) and (not canWin(y, x, not t, True, ss))↵
else: #since both has swapped 1 time now cannot swap further↵
return (not (canWin(x + 1, y + 1, not t, fs, ss))) and (not canWin(x + 1, y + 2, not t, fs, ss))↵
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print canWin(0, 0, True, False, False)↵
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#Expected result was True since Anton wins but the result is False↵
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Also, please note that i have removed the memoization part for now as to make the code short and easy to understand so i guess this is not a dp solution. But i am just trying to find the fallacy in my recurrence formula. Thanks!
