Something like Berland State University and some other common names.
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I always see the name Polycarp in div-3 contests although I have no idea why.
Also Monocarp is often used in problems
Do we know why? What is story behind that?
I always read it as polycrap,until today.
Also in most game theory problems, there are Alice and Bob. In Educational Rounds, Nastya, Vasiya etc. are commonly used. Really curious about the back story of them if there is any (specially Alice ans Bob as I've seen them in lot of other oj).
Alice, Bob -> A, B?
I've also seen the names Alice and Bob in some math olympiad problems related to game theory, so it seems that they are the most common names in all types of game theory problems. I have no idea about the backstory, though
Alice and Bob are also used in cryptography as two people sending messages to each other. I'm not sure if the convention started in cryptography or game theory first.
The convention is useful because alphabetically you can tell who is first, and also they have different genders so it's easy to distinguish them with pronouns.
It seems that... this convention started in cryptography first.
Yup. The RSA guys. :D
I've seen Alice and Bob in math problems too.
Baby Ehab (& its XOR)
Quroni and (.....)
Well, at least you know the stories there huh.
We want Ram and Shayam in next cf round
Vasya and Petya and their variety of problems!
Berland and Bitland are popular cities on Codeforces
Dima
Something + Tree, for any tree problem. 100% authentic
Different variations of word "good" for subarray/subsegment description.
At least Codeforces has various beautiful names instead of only "Chef" in Codechef xD.
Don't forget Chefina ;)
That's what motivates the problem in the first place, him trying to impress her.
That Motivates me too ;)
"Men will be men" ^_^
Alice and Bob playing a game
I also wonder why most CP problems have some "background stories" not directly related to the problems.
This seems so weird to me when I started CP.
What about Bessie and FJ? Those histories are even wierder XD
Some names are names of author's itself like Ehab and Kuroni
But, we know the stories there. But, here we're missing the story of Berland University, Polycarp, Monocarp, Biteland, Vasya petya and many more.
Yet Another+ a previous problem title in Codeforces. Perfect match.