Divide & Conquer - DP
Authors: Andi Qu, Benjamin Qi
Prerequisites
Using Divide & Conquer as a DP Optimization.
Allows you to reduce to .
Tutorial
| Resources | |||
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| cp-algo | |||
| Jeffrey Xiao | |||
| GCP | |||
Example - Circular Barn
Focus Problem – read through this problem before continuing!
You should already be familiar with the CHT solution.
This section is not complete.
Add analysis later.
Check the official editorial.
Problems
| Status | Source | Problem Name | Difficulty | Tags | Solution | URL |
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| CEOI | Normal | View Solution | ||||
| COI | Normal | External Sol | ||||
| CF | Hard | Check CF | ||||
| CF | Hard | Check CF | ||||
| POI | Very Hard | View Solution | ||||
| IOI | Very Hard | View Solution | ||||
| Plat | Very Hard | External Sol | ||||
| JOI | Very Hard |
JOI Bubblesort English Statement: You are given an array of length . You must choose two numbers in this array and swap them. After swapping these two numbers, you sort the array using a bubble sort algorithm. What is the minimum number of bubble sort swaps necessary, assuming you choose the two initial numbers to swap optimally? The two initial numbers that you swap do not count towards the minimum number of bubble sort swaps.
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