I Would Walk 500 Miles
Time limit2sMemory limit512 MB
Partition N cows into K groups so the smallest pairwise distance between different groups is as large as possible, where distances come from a fixed modular formula.
- Level
Medium7 of 10
- Topics
- Greedy, Math, Union-find, Sorting
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Problem
Farmer John wants to divide his cows , conveniently numbered , into non-empty groups such that no two cows from two different groups can interact with each other without walking some number of miles. Cow and Cow (where ) are willing to walk miles to see each other.
Given a division of the cows into non-empty groups, let be the minimum of the number of miles any two cows in two different groups are willing to walk to see each other. To test the cows' devotion to each other, Farmer John wants to optimally divide the cows into groups such that is as large as possible.
Input
The input is just one line, containing and , separated by a space.
Output
Print out in an optimal solution.
Hint
In this example, Cow 1 and Cow 2 are willing to walk 2019201817 miles to see each other. Cow 2 and Cow 3 are willing to walk 2019201685 miles. And Cow 1 and Cow 3 are willing to walk 2019201769 miles. Thus, by grouping the cows such that 1 is by herself and 2 and 3 are grouped together, (which is the best we can do here).