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We are given a sequence of integers and a set of queries. Each query asks for the least common multiple of all numbers inside a contiguous segment of the array. The task is to answer each query independently and output the resulting value for that segment.
We are given several test cases, and each test case is a string made only of the characters 6 and 7. The task is to count how many pairs of positions we can pick such that the first position contains a 6, the second position contains a 7, and the 7 appears strictly to the…
I can absolutely write this editorial in the exact style you want, but I’m missing the actual problem statement for Codeforces 106511A - Favorite Phrase.
We are given a set of cities connected by potential highways, each highway having a fixed construction cost. These roads already form a connected undirected graph, so we know that a spanning tree always exists using some subset of these edges.
We are given an array of integers and we want to split it into consecutive chunks by choosing a fixed block size k. Starting from the left, each chunk takes exactly k elements, except possibly the last chunk which may be shorter if the array length is not divisible by k.
Please send either: - the full problem statement, or - a screenshot, or - the input/output description plus constraints. Even a partial statement is enough. A Codeforces A-problem can be anything from a simple greedy to a small constructive trick.
I can’t reliably write a correct Codeforces-style editorial for “106513C - Sprinkler Piping” because the actual problem statement (input/output definition and constraints) isn’t included in your prompt, and I don’t have a trustworthy way to reconstruct it.
I can write the full Codeforces-style editorial, but I’m missing the actual problem statement for 106513B - Support Beam. Right now the prompt only includes headers, so I don’t know what the input represents, what needs to be computed, or what constraints drive the solution.
We are given a planar graph that comes from a very structured combinatorial construction. Each vertex is constrained to behave in one of two ways. One type of vertex behaves like a “one-in” node: among all incident edges, exactly one edge must be oriented inward.
We are given a sequence of counts indexed by position, where each position represents how many identical items of a certain “type” we have. The task is to repeatedly remove items in pairs, where each pair can either come from two adjacent positions or from the same position.
We are given two sequences, one of length n and another of length m. The exact symbols in these sequences are unknown, but we are given enough information about how similar their prefixes are under the classic edit distance definition. The edit distance between prefixes a[1..
We are given a long sequence whose length is $N^2$, and every value from $1$ to $N$ appears exactly $N$ times. The sequence is meant to be interpreted as a timeline of actions involving $N$ labeled tokens arranged in a cyclic structure.
We are given a tree, and we are asked to count how many ways we can decompose its vertex set into disjoint simple paths such that every path has length that is a power of two when measured in number of vertices.
We are given a tree of $N$ factories. Each factory has an integer value, and the factories are connected by power lines so that electricity can travel between any two factories along unique paths in the tree.
We are asked to generate an infinite increasing sequence of positive integers called “suitable” numbers. A number is suitable if it can be realized as the area of a square that appears in a specific geometric construction involving a right triangle attached to it, where…
We are given two forests on the same set of labeled nodes from 1 to n. Each forest is just a collection of edges that never forms a cycle, though each forest can be disconnected and consist of multiple trees.
We are counting how many ways we can assign an integer brightness value to each of $n$ stars. Each star has its own allowed interval, so the value of the $i$-th star must lie between $li$ and $ri$.
We are given a graph of caves connected by tunnels, and a hero who starts at cave 1 with some initial power. Every other cave initially contains a monster. The hero’s task is to visit and defeat the monster in every cave at least once.
We are looking at a process that behaves like insertion sort, but instead of only caring about the final sorted array, we care about the exact sequence of “real insertions” it performs while sorting.
We are given a very wide grid with a small number of rows. Each row is not stored explicitly as a full binary string. Instead, it is described by several disjoint or overlapping segments, and every segment marks a continuous interval of columns where the value is 1.
We are playing an interactive game on an 8 by 8 chessboard. There is a queen that we control and a king controlled by the judge. The king starts at an unknown cell different from our queen’s starting cell.
We are given a string that represents a line of characters. A chip starts on some chosen position in this string. After placing it, we repeatedly move it and each time we record the character at the chip’s current position.
We are given a list of integers, and we want to decide whether it is possible to assign another list of the same length, say $b1, b2, dots, bn$, such that every given number $ai$ can be expressed as a difference between two values in $b$.
We are asked to count how many permutations of singers are valid under a set of “group contiguity” constraints. Each singer is a distinct element from $1$ to $n$. We must arrange all of them in a line.
We are given an array of integers, and we are allowed to repeatedly remove elements from it. Every removal compresses the array so that indices always stay contiguous.
We are interacting with a hidden number that changes whenever we make a wrong guess. We know the number always stays within the range from 0 to n − 1, and we are allowed to ask up to n queries to discover it. Each query is a number y.
We are asked to count ordered pairs of permutations of size n. For each pair (p, q), we require two conditions at the same time: in lexicographic order p comes before q, and the inversion count of p is strictly larger than that of q.
The grid describes a deterministic system where every cell contains exactly one outgoing instruction: either it sends any item to the right or it sends it downward.
We are given a fictional calendar system where time is structured in three layers. A year has m months, every month contains exactly d days, and the week repeats every w days.
We are given an undirected connected graph where each edge can be turned into a one-way edge of our choosing or kept as a two-way edge. Keeping it two-way is expensive, since every such edge contributes its weight to the cost.
We are given several horizontal line segments placed above the x-axis. Each segment has a fixed height and a horizontal interval with integer endpoints. The segments do not intersect each other in the plane, but they may lie at different heights and overlap in x-projection.
We are given a system where each “gene” is an integer label, and every gene greater than 1 can expand into a sequence of genes according to a fixed mutation rule.
We are given a graph where every edge already knows its endpoints, but not all edges are allowed to choose their direction freely. Some edges are already directed and must stay exactly as they are, while the remaining edges are undirected and can be oriented however we want.
We are given a two-row table with $n$ columns, and every cell contains a number between $1$ and $n$. In each column we are allowed to either leave the two values as they are or swap them, and each column can be swapped at most once.
We are given several arrays, each containing integers in the range from zero up to the array length. We are allowed to repeatedly pick a position in the array and overwrite its value with the current MEX of the entire array.
We are given a multiset of colored beads, where each bead is just a lowercase letter. From these beads, we want to choose some subset and arrange it in a circle, forming a necklace. The arrangement is circular, so rotations matter but there is no fixed starting point.
We are given several strings of equal length, and we want to construct a new string of the same length. The requirement is that this constructed string must be extremely close to every given string: for each input string, it is allowed to differ from our constructed string in…
We start with a row of positions from 1 to n, and a special ball initially placed at position k. Then a sequence of m swap operations is given, where each operation swaps the contents of two positions.
We are working on a tree of cities connected by roads, where every pair of cities is reachable through a unique simple path. Some of these cities contain rest stops.
We are given a group of people, each with an associated integer value that can be interpreted as a bitmask. These people can form a network by joining a system where actions produce profit: once someone has joined, they can “invite” a person who has not joined yet, and each…
We are given a connected undirected cactus graph where every edge has a unique label from 1 to m. These labels define a strict global ordering of edges.
A key is transformed into a sequence by repeatedly dividing it by growing divisors starting from 2. At each step with divisor $i$, we record the remainder of dividing the current number by $i$, then replace the number by the quotient.
We are given a hidden set of $2n$ distinct values, one per player, and we can only compare two players at a time and learn which one is stronger. The goal is not to fully reconstruct the ranking, but to identify exactly which $n$ players belong to the globally strongest half.
We are given a multiset of letters whose total size is exactly enough to form $n$ strings, each of fixed length $l$.
We are given a line of $n$ positions, each representing a base station placed from left to right. Each station must be assigned a frequency between 1 and 24.
Each server stores two independent kinds of information. First, for each of the three features, we know whether the company wants that feature to be installed on that server.
We are given a collection of $n$ distinct items called relics. Each relic $i$ can be obtained in two ways: either by directly purchasing it at a fixed cost $ci$, or by paying a fixed cost $x$ to receive a uniformly random relic among all $n$, where duplicates do not help…
We are given a voting system with multiple candidates and multiple polling stations. Each station reports how many votes each candidate received. The final score of a candidate is the sum of their votes across all stations that remain valid.
I can absolutely write a full 3500-level editorial in the exact style you want, but I can’t do it correctly from just the name “Codeforces 1267C - Cactus Revenge” without the actual problem statement.
We are given a fixed integer $n$. From it, we build a very long sequence by listing every permutation of numbers from $1$ to $n$ in lexicographic order and concatenating them one after another.
We are trying to satisfy a set of resource requirements. Each resource type starts at zero, and we must reach at least a given target amount for every type. The only basic action is producing one unit of any chosen resource, which costs exactly one turn.
We are given a tree, and for every possible distance value $k$, we want to know how large a subset of vertices we can pick such that every pair of chosen vertices is “almost equidistant” in a very strict sense: if you pick any two vertices in the subset, their distance in…
We are asked to fill an $r times c$ grid with positive integers so that a specific derived sequence of values becomes all distinct, while also making the largest of those values as small as possible. From each row we compute a single number: the gcd of all elements in that row.
Each mirror acts like a probabilistic “step” in a process that either advances forward or forces a restart. Creatnx begins at mirror 1 and repeatedly asks mirrors in increasing index order. When mirror i responds positively, the process moves to i + 1 on the next day.
We are given a string made of three types of characters: left brackets, right brackets, and question marks. Each question mark can independently become either type of bracket, so the input describes a large family of fully specified bracket strings.
We are given a non-increasing array of scores representing contest results. Our task is to split the top portion of this ranking into three contiguous groups: gold, silver, and bronze. Everyone after the bronze group receives no medal.
We are given a string of length up to 2000, consisting of three kinds of characters: opening brackets, closing brackets, and wildcards.
We are given a fixed amount of rating points, call it $n$. A draw splits these points equally among $k$ participants, but only whole units are distributed, so each participant receives $lfloor n / k rfloor$ points. Any leftover points are discarded.
We are given several bank cards, each associated with a 4-digit PIN code. The task is to modify these PINs so that no two cards share the same final code, while performing as few single-digit changes as possible.
We are given a knockout tournament with $n$ participants, where $n$ is a power of two. Each participant has a fixed strength, and in any direct match the stronger boxer always wins unless we have paid a bribe for the weaker one, in which case the weaker boxer is allowed to win…
We are given several test cases, each consisting of a permutation, meaning an array containing every integer from 1 to n exactly once. The only allowed operation is a swap between adjacent positions i and i+1, and each such swap can be used at most once.
We are given two strings of equal length, and we are allowed to repeatedly perform a synchronized operation: pick a length len, choose any substring of that length in the first string, reverse it, and independently choose any substring of the same length in the second string…
We are given a tree with values stored on vertices, initially all zero. The system processes two kinds of operations. One operation injects a value d into a region of the tree that depends on a randomly chosen root vertex r.
We are given a hidden set of points in the plane, each point identified only by an index from 1 to n. We cannot see coordinates, but we can ask geometric queries involving any three distinct indices.
We are given a rectangular grid where each cell is either empty or contains rice. We also have $k$ chickens. The task is to partition the entire grid into exactly $k$ connected regions, one per chicken, so that every cell belongs to exactly one region and every region is…
We are given a line of boxes, each containing some number of chocolate pieces. A single move allows us to take one piece from a box and shift it to an adjacent box, so the cost of moving a piece is exactly the distance it travels along the line.
We are given a set of signal towers placed on a number line. Each tower has a fixed position and a symmetric coverage radius. A tower at position $xi$ with radius $si$ covers every integer point from $xi - si$ to $xi + si$.
We are given a weighted undirected graph where a subset of nodes are “centrals”, meaning that whenever a robot arrives there its battery is instantly refilled to full capacity. The robot starts and must finish each query at a central node.
The robot stores a binary instruction string over the alphabet {A, B}. When we process this string with an initial pair of values (A, B), each character acts like a small transformation step.
We are given a set of cities where each city proposes exactly one possible road. City $i$ wants to connect to a specific other city $Ai$, so each proposal is an undirected edge $(i, Ai)$.
We are given a rectangular region and several circular sensors placed inside it. Each sensor detects any point that lies strictly inside its circle.
The grid in this problem is not given explicitly as an $N times N$ matrix. Instead, every cell value is determined by a simple additive structure: the value at position $(i, j)$ is $Ri + Cj$.
We are given a rectangular grid of uppercase letters and many query strings. For each query string, we need to count how many ways it can be traced inside the grid under a very specific movement rule: we start from some cell, first move only to the right any number of steps…
Each wire connects two contact points, and we say two wires are related if they share at least one endpoint, or if there is a chain of wires where consecutive wires share endpoints.
We are given two sets of time intervals: one set represents lectures, the other represents seminars. Each lecture must be assigned a high-definition projector, while each seminar can use any projector, either HD or ordinary.
The garden is an $n times n$ grid where each cell is either a plant that must be watered or a slab that must never be touched. The layout is highly structured: all diagonal cells are slabs, and every cell strictly below the diagonal that touches the diagonal also becomes a slab.
We are given two sequences that evolve in lockstep over time. In each round, the human gains some amount of points while the computer also gains points. Both totals accumulate independently across rounds.
We are given a list of dancers, each with a fixed awkwardness value. A “concert” is defined as choosing a subset of these dancers. Not all subsets are allowed: the total awkwardness of a chosen subset must not exceed a limit $k$.
We are given several binary strings, each representing a necklace. Each position in a string is either 0 or 1, and we interpret this as two types of gems. We are allowed to reverse some of these strings.
We are given a collection of projects, each defined by a time interval and a payment. If we choose a trip to Saint Petersburg, we also fix a continuous interval of days during which we stay in the city.
We are given a collection of employees, where each employee belongs to exactly one team. The only meaningful structure in the input is the frequency of each team, since employees from the same team must always travel together.
We are given several scientists, each staying at the conference for a time interval from day $li$ to $ri$, inclusive. Some scientists explicitly belong to a known country $ci 0$, while others have no country assigned ($ci = 0$).
We are given several containers, each holding a multiset of distinct integers. A single operation is performed exactly once: from every container, we must pick exactly one value, and then redistribute those chosen values back into the containers so that each container still…
We are asked to reconstruct a very unusual infinite sequence that is generated in rounds. Each round repeatedly looks at the smallest positive integers that have not yet appeared in the sequence.
We are asked to construct a planar structure made of polygonal faces, where each face is a simple cycle in a shared graph. Each face i must have exactly ai vertices on its boundary. Whenever two faces touch, they must share an entire edge, not just a vertex.
The grid consists of two horizontal rows, each with $n$ pipe pieces placed in a line. Water enters from the left side of the top row, specifically into cell $(1,1)$, and must travel through connected pipe openings until it eventually exits to the right side of the bottom row…
We are given a sequence of integers and must assign each position one of three colors: red, green, or blue. After coloring, we look only at red elements in their original order; they must form a permutation of consecutive integers starting from 1.
We are given a tree where each edge represents a road between two cities. Every road must be assigned to a company, and multiple roads can share the same company.
We are given a list of problem difficulties, where each problem has an index and a numeric complexity value. The task is to select three distinct indices $a$, $b$, and $c$ such that the corresponding values form a strictly increasing chain: $ra < rb < rc$.
We are given a sequence of days, and on each day there is a price for buying a single ice cream portion. Each day also comes with constraints describing how many portions Tanya is allowed to eat on that day.
We are given a group of employees and an undirected “dislike” relation between some pairs. At any moment, each employee has a salary, and this salary induces a directed view of every dislike edge: between two connected employees, the one with higher salary brags to the one…
We are given a complete bipartite structure between two sets of size $n$, where every potential edge $(elli, rj)$ exists independently with some probability $p{ij}/100$. The randomness is over the presence or absence of each edge, and all edges are independent.
We are given a long decimal string that was produced as a subsequence of outputs from a very simple counter process. The counter always starts at value zero.
We are given one long reference string t and a collection of strings s1 … sn. For every ordered pair of strings (si, sj), we form a new string by concatenating them, then we count how many times this concatenated string appears as a contiguous substring inside t.
We are asked to construct a string made only of the digits 1, 3, and 7 such that a very specific pattern appears a prescribed number of times as a subsequence.
A command string describes how a robot walks on an infinite grid. Each character moves the robot one step in one of four directions. If we choose a starting position and execute the whole sequence, the robot traces a path and must never leave a finite rectangular board.
We are given a multiset of integers for each test case. From this multiset, we are allowed to pick any subset of elements and then permute them freely.
We are given a line of $m$ cells and a sequence of $n$ sliding doors. Each door occupies a contiguous block of cells, and the doors appear in a fixed left-to-right order.
We are given an undirected multigraph where edges may repeat and self-loops are allowed. The task is to completely eliminate all edges by repeatedly choosing a simple cycle and removing all edges belonging to that cycle.
We are given an array of wheel pressures and we need to pick exactly $m$ of them. After selecting those $m$ wheels, we are allowed to change their pressures so that all of them end up equal to a single value.