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By ivan100sic, 5 years ago, In English

I was solving this problem and I came up with an interesting idea which may in some cases be generalized to other DP problems. I don't think it's well known so that motivated me to write this.

Once you've read the problem, understood it and want to know what I did, continue reading...
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Same problem, same method, same blog: https://codeforces.me/blog/entry/50036

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    Heck, guess this is another thing that I discovered independently

    Should I delete this blog then?

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      idk, find another problem that is solvable with this method and add it to the blog :D then it's brand new and valuable

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        And now I am very surprised by just how much our posts look alike :P

        Anyway I think I have an idea for another problem which can be solved using this technique, I'll write about it a bit later

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But why it will always be correct, since u r taking about proability there can also be some probability that answer will be out of radius r. ivan100sic

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    It won't always be correct, but it will be correct with very high probability, independent of the testcases, as long as the used shuffle function is sufficiently good.

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I love this trick, it's really nice. I think you shouldn't delete this blog. People who didn't know about it (like me) can notice it now.

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This solution is sick man, just sick. Absolutely don't delete this blog. I wouldn't have discovered it if you had erased it.