Sorry in advance for my poor English, I am not a native speaker. If I made any part unclear or ambiguous, please comment and I will try to elaborate.↵
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I got a message from [user:System,2021-10-10] mentioning that my submission [131185521](https://codeforces.com/contest/1594/submission/131185521) significantly coincides the submission [131179762](https://codeforces.com/contest/1594/submission/131179762), which was submitted by [user:mig,2021-10-10], a user whom I don't know.↵
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Yes I have to say that two submissions are quite similar, but it's because **the problem is expected to be solved in this simple way** (convert $k$ into base-2, then treat the binary string as a base-n number), and we both, coincidentally, choose to construct the answer starting from the least significant bit of the binary representation of $k$, in a very common way.↵
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I never search for or try to search for any public accessible solution code during a contest. I code on my local machine and never publicly published my solutions to the Internet, not to mention unintentionally leaking solutions during a contest. ↵
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The message I received stated that I should *have conclusive evidence that a coincidence has occurred due to the use of a common source published before the competition,* but it's not the case, we just both implemented a common bit manipulation procedure, on a simple problem, by pure coincidence.↵
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That's all I want to say, this is my first time faced with such kind of problem, so I am not quite sure what else should I do, or who should I contact now. ↵
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Any help is appreciated, thanks.
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I got a message from [user:System,2021-10-10] mentioning that my submission [131185521](https://codeforces.com/contest/1594/submission/131185521) significantly coincides the submission [131179762](https://codeforces.com/contest/1594/submission/131179762), which was submitted by [user:mig,2021-10-10], a user whom I don't know.↵
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Yes I have to say that two submissions are quite similar, but it's because **the problem is expected to be solved in this simple way** (convert $k$ into base-2, then treat the binary string as a base-n number), and we both, coincidentally, choose to construct the answer starting from the least significant bit of the binary representation of $k$, in a very common way.↵
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I never search for or try to search for any public accessible solution code during a contest. I code on my local machine and never publicly published my solutions to the Internet, not to mention unintentionally leaking solutions during a contest. ↵
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The message I received stated that I should *have conclusive evidence that a coincidence has occurred due to the use of a common source published before the competition,* but it's not the case, we just both implemented a common bit manipulation procedure, on a simple problem, by pure coincidence.↵
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That's all I want to say, this is my first time faced with such kind of problem, so I am not quite sure what else should I do, or who should I contact now. ↵
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Any help is appreciated, thanks.
