Unfair Game


Problem Statement :


You are playing a game of Nim with a friend. The rules are are follows:

1) Initially, there are N piles of stones. Two players play alternately.

2) In each turn, a player can choose one non empty pile and remove any number of stones from it. At least one stone must be removed.

3) The player who picks the last stone from the last non empty pile wins the game.

It is currently your friend's turn. You suddenly realize that if your friend was to play optimally in that position, you would lose the game. So while he is not looking, you decide to cheat and add some (possibly 0) stones to each pile. You want the resultant position to be such that your friend has no guaranteed winning strategy, even if plays optimally. You cannot create a new pile of stones. You can only add stones, and not remove stones from a pile. What is the least number of stones you need to add?

Input Format

The first line contains the number of cases T. T cases follow. Each case contains the number N on the first line followed by N numbers on the second line. The ith number denotes si, the number of stones in the ith pile currently.

Constraints

1 <= T <= 20

2 <= N <= 15

1 <= si < 1000000000 (10^9)

Output Format

Output T lines, containing the answer for each case. If the current position is already losing for your friend, output 0.



Solution :



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                            Solution in C :

In C++ :





#include<map>
#include<ctime>
#include<cmath>
#include<queue>
#include<vector>
#include<cstdio>
#include<string>
#include<cstring>
#include<cassert>
#include<iostream>
#include<algorithm>
using namespace std;
typedef long long LL;

int d[16];
LL dp[35][1 << 15];
const LL Inf = 30000000000LL;

inline void CheckMin(LL& a, LL b) {
	if(a > b) a = b;
};

int dd[16];
int main() {
	int T, n;
	cin >> T;
	while(T--) {
		cin >> n;
		for(int i = 0; i < n; i++)
			cin >> d[i];
		int tot = 1 << n;
		for(int i = 0; i <= 32; i++)
			for(int j = 0; j < tot; j++)
				dp[i][j] = Inf;
		dp[31][0] = 0;

		for(int i = 30; i >= 0; i--) {
			int one = 0;
			for(int j = 0; j < n; j++)
				if(d[j] & (1 << i)) one++;
			if(dp[i + 1][0] < Inf) {
				for(int j = 0; j < tot; j++) {
					int ok = 1;
					LL val = 0;
					int ct = 0;
					for(int k = 0; k < n; k++) {
						if(!(j & (1 << k))) continue;
						if(d[k] & (1 << i)) {
							ok = 0;
							break;
						}
						ct++;
						val += (1 << i) - d[k] % (1 << i);
					}
					if(!ok || (one + ct) % 2 || val >= Inf) continue;
					CheckMin(dp[i][j], dp[i + 1][0] + val);
				}
			}
			for(int j = 1; j < tot; j++) {
				if(dp[i + 1][j] >= Inf) continue;
				int ct = 0;
				for(int k = 0; k < n; k++) {
					if(!(j & (1 << k)) && (d[k] & (1 << i))) ct++;
				}
				if(ct % 2) {
					CheckMin(dp[i][j], dp[i + 1][j] + (1 << i));
					for(int k = 0; k < n; k++) {
						if(!(j & (1 << k)) && ((d[k] & (1 << i)) == 0)) {
							int ns = j | (1 << k);
							int cost = (1LL << i) - d[k] % (1 << i);
							CheckMin(dp[i][ns], dp[i + 1][j] + cost);
						}
					}
				} else {
					CheckMin(dp[i][j], dp[i + 1][j]);
				}
			}
		}

		LL ret = Inf;
		for(int i = 0; i < tot; i++) {
			if(ret > dp[0][i]) ret = dp[0][i];
		}
		cout << ret << endl;
	}
	system("pause");
	return 0;
}








In Java :







import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.Scanner;

/*
 * To change this template, choose Tools | Templates and open the template in
 * the editor.
 */
/**
 *
 * @author muoi
 */
public class Solution {

    public static long MAX_BIT = 32;
    public static long n;
    static long a[] = new long[100];
    static long b[] = new long[100];
    static long c[] = new long[100];
    static long dd[] = new long[100];

    static long bitCheck(long a, long b) {
        return ((a) & (1l << (b)));
    }

    static long bitSet(long a, long b) {
        return ((1l << (b)));
    }

    static long check() {
        long res = 0l;


        Arrays.fill(c, 0);


        long sl = 0;

        for (long bb = MAX_BIT; bb >= 0; --bb) {
            sl = 0;
            Arrays.fill(dd, 0l);
            for (int i = 0; i < n; ++i) {
                if (bitCheck(a[i], bb) != 0l) {
                    if (c[i] <= a[i]) {

                        sl++;
                        c[i] |= bitSet(c[i], bb);
                        dd[i] = 1;

                        if (sl > b[(int)bb]) {
                            return -1;

                        }
                    }
                }
            }

            for (long ii = 0; ii < b[(int)bb] - sl; ++ii) {
                long mn = Long.MAX_VALUE;
                long pos = 0;
                for (long j = 0; j < n; ++j) {
                    if (dd[(int)j] == 0) {
                        long temp = c[(int)j];
                        temp |= bitSet(temp, bb);

                        if (temp - a[(int)j] < mn) {
                            mn = temp - a[(int)j];
                            pos = j;
                        }
                    }
                }

                dd[(int)pos] = 1l;
                c[(int)pos] |= bitSet(c[(int)pos], bb);
            }

        }

        for (long i = 0; i < n; ++i) {

            res += (c[(int)i] - a[(int)i]);
        }

        return res;
    }

    static void process() {

        if (n % 2 == 0) {
            Arrays.fill(b, n);
        } else {
            Arrays.fill(b, n - 1);
        }

        long mn = Integer.MAX_VALUE;

        for (long bb = MAX_BIT; bb >= 0; --bb) {

            while (true) {

                long temp = check();
                if (temp != -1) {

                    if (b[(int)bb] > 0) {
                        b[(int)bb] -= 2;
                    } else {
                        break;
                    }

                } else {
                    b[(int)bb] += 2;
                    break;
                }
            }

            long temp = check();

            if (temp != -1) {
                if (temp < mn) {
                    mn = temp;
                }
            }

        }

        System.out.println(mn);

    }

    public static void main(String args[]) {

        long ntest;
        Scanner scanner = new Scanner(System.in);
        ntest = scanner.nextLong();
        for (; ntest-- > 0;) {
            n = scanner.nextLong();
            for (long i = 0; i < n; ++i) {
                a[(int)i] = scanner.nextLong();
            }
            process();
        }


    }
}









In C :







#include<stdio.h>
typedef long long i64;
int main()
{
	int T;
	scanf("%d", &T);
	for (; T > 0; T--)
	{
		int n, i, j;
		i64 result = 0;
		int tmp, max, ind;
		i64 s[16];

		scanf("%d", &n);

		for (i = 0; n > i; i++)
		{
			scanf("%d", s + i);
			result += *(s + i);
		}
		while (1)
		{
			int bitcount[64]={0};
			for (i = 31; i >= 0; i--)
			{
				int i0 = 0, i1;
				for (j = 0; j < i; j++)
				{
					i0 <<= 1;
					i0 += 1;
				}
				i1 = i0;
				i1 <<= 1;
				i1 += 1;
				tmp = 0;
				for (j = 0; j < n; j++)
				{
					tmp += ((s[j] >> i) & 1);
				}
				bitcount[i]=tmp;

				if (tmp % 2 == 1 && tmp < n)
				{
					j = 0;
					max = 0;
					while (j < n)
					{
						if (((s[j] >> (i)) & 1) < 1 && (max <= (s[j] & i0)))
						{
							max = (s[j] & i0);
							ind = j;
						}

						j++;
					}
					j = ind;
					s[j] >>= i;
					s[j] += 1;
					s[j] <<= i;
					break;
				}

				if (tmp%2==1&&tmp == n)
				{
					int k=0;
					j = 0;
					max = 0;
					k=i+1;

					while(bitcount[k]==n-1)k++;
					i1=0;
					for (j = 0; j < k; j++)
					{
						i1 <<= 1;
						i1 += 1;
					}
					j=0;
					while (j < n)
					{
						if (((s[j] >> (k)) & 1) < 1
							&& (max <= (s[j] & i1)))
						{
							max = (s[j] & i1);
							ind = j;
						}

						j++;
					}
					j = ind;
					s[j] >>= (k);
					s[j] += 1;
					s[j] <<= (k);
					break;
				}
			}
			if (i < 0)
				break;
		}
		for (i = 0; i < n; i++)

			result -= s[i];
		printf("%lld\n", -result);
	}
	return 0;
}









In Python3 :





#!/bin/python3

import os
import sys

#
# Complete the unfairGame function below.
#
def unfairGame(s):
    nimSum = 0
    for i in s:
        nimSum ^= int(i)
    
    if(nimSum == 0):
        return 0

    # if(nimSum == 1):
    #     modlist = [x % 2 for x in s]
    #     if min(modlist) == 0:
    #         s[modlist.index(0)] += 1
    #     else:
    #         s[0] += 1
    #     return 1 + unfairGame(s)

    print(s)
    divider = 2 ** (len(bin(nimSum)) - 3)
    print(divider)
    modlist = [x % divider if x % (2 * divider) < divider else -1 for x in s]

    print(modlist)
    if max(modlist) < 0:
        s[s.index(max(s))] += divider
        return divider + unfairGame(s)

    increaseNumber = max(modlist)
    increase = divider - increaseNumber
    print(increase)

    s[modlist.index(increaseNumber)] += increase

    print(s)
    print()
    return increase + unfairGame(s)
        

if __name__ == '__main__':
    fptr = open(os.environ['OUTPUT_PATH'], 'w')

    t = int(input())

    nums =[1, 10, 10, 15, 27, 4, 9, 12, 26, 9, 14, 3, 25, 23, 3, 10, 3, 5, 13, 18]
    for i in nums:
        print(i)

    for t_itr in range(t):
        s_count = int(input())

        s = list(map(int, input().rstrip().split()))
        s.sort()

        result = unfairGame(s)

        fptr.write(str(result) + '\n')

    fptr.close()
                        








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