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By _Enigma__, history, 2 years ago, In English

A. Equal Distribution


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B. Smallest String


Solution

C. Xor Zero


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D. Counting Stars


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E. The Antique Store


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Solution

F. Triangles on Lattice


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I see many people (more than half AC submissions) passed E with $$$O(N\sqrt{N}logN)$$$ :(

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    That is unfortunate. Even more so because I do have an AC on this one :(

    Luckily, the solution complexity is better here.

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I had a different $$$O(Q \sqrt{N})$$$ solution for The Antique Store. I noticed the need for point update and range sum data structure along with Mo's algorithm. But since Mo's can have $$$O(Q \sqrt{N})$$$ updates, a data structure supporting update in $$$O(\log{N})$$$ won't be enough.

This suggests a need for a data structure which has faster updates but slightly slower queries. So, I used square root decomposition (on the array, not Mo's) for point update and range sum as updates are $$$O(1)$$$ and queries are $$$O(\sqrt{N})$$$. Since there are only $$$O(Q)$$$ queries, overall complexity is $$$O(Q \sqrt{N})$$$.

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