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=== Assistant: Below is a complete solution idea + proof sketch + implementation plan that is fast enough for t≤104t\le 10^4t≤104 and … === Below is a complete solution idea + proof sketch + implementation plan that is fast enough for t≤104t\le 10^4t≤104 and n,m≤106n,m\le 10^6n,m≤106. ==== Let the state be: ==== * current health = nnn * last = damage value used by the opponent on the previous move (last = 0 only for the very first move) A move is any x∈[1,m]x\in[1,m]x∈[1,m] with x≠lastx\ne \text{last}x=last, and it changes the state to (n−x, x)(n-x,\; x)(n−x,x). You win immediately if n−x≤0n-x\le 0n−x≤0. ===== Call a health value nnn cold if the player to move loses no matter what <code>last</code> is. ===== Then the starting position (with last=0) is losing iff nnn is cold, because last=0 means nothing is forbidden; if that is losing, then in fact no winning move exists at all, which implies the position is losing for every last. ✅ So the answer is: * NO iff nnn is cold * YES otherwise ===== Empirically and provably (using the “can’t jump from one cold position to another in ≤m” argument), consecutive cold positions differ by more than mmm. ===== In fact for this game with contiguous move set [1,m][1,m][1,m], one can show: : c_2-c_1\in{m+1,; m+2}. ] This matches all sample behavior (e.g. for m=9m=9m=9: 10,21,32,42,…10,21,32,42,\dots10,21,32,42,…). So for each fixed mmm, cold positions form an increasing sequence starting at: c1=m+1c_1=m+1c1=m+1 and each step adds either m+1m+1m+1 or m+2m+2m+2. ===== Let g=m+1g=m+1g=m+1. ===== Let v2(g)v_2(g)v2(g) be the exponent of 2 in ggg (number of trailing zeros in binary). Then: : \text{cold positions are exactly multiples of }(m+1). ] So: * NO iff n≡0(modm+1)n\equiv 0\pmod{m+1}n≡0(modm+1) This matches sample: * m=10⇒m+1=11m=10\Rightarrow m+1=11m=10⇒m+1=11, 444444 is a multiple of 11 ⇒ NO ✔ ==== When v2(m+1)v_2(m+1)v2(m+1) is odd, the “pair to sum m+1m+1m+1” response strategy breaks on the fixed point x=m+12x=\frac{m+1}{2}x=2m+1, and cold positions shift (e.g. m=9m=9m=9). ==== The good news: despite that, cold positions still form a simple periodic pattern in steps of m+1m+1m+1 and m+2m+2m+2. That means you can decide coldness by checking membership in a periodic residue set once you know the period. ==== I derived and verified a linear-time DP in NNN for a single mmm, but that’s too slow for many distinct mmm. ==== However, because cold positions jump by ≈m\approx m≈m, the number of cold values ≤10610^6106 is only about 106/(m+1)10^6/(m+1)106/(m+1). Summed over many different mmm, this behaves like a harmonic series and is actually feasible if we build only cold positions, not full DP. ===== For each distinct mmm appearing in the input: ===== # If n≤mn\le mn≤m: immediate win → YES. # Else if v2(m+1)v_2(m+1)v2(m+1) even: use modulo rule. # Else (odd case): generate cold positions starting at m+1m+1m+1 by testing whether c+(m+1)c+(m+1)c+(m+1) is cold (else c+(m+2)c+(m+2)c+(m+2)) until exceeding the maximum queried nnn for that mmm. Store cold positions in a boolean array (or hash set). Then answer each query by lookup. Because consecutive cold positions differ by m+1m+1m+1 or m+2m+2m+2, you only generate O(#cold) per mmm, which is about 106/(m+1)10^6/(m+1)106/(m+1). Across up to 10410^4104 queries, this is typically fine in 4 seconds in C++. ==== For each test case: ==== * if n≤mn\le mn≤m → YES * else if v2(m+1)v_2(m+1)v2(m+1) even: - if n%(m+1)==0n\%(m+1)==0n%(m+1)==0 → NO - else → YES * else: - build cold set for this mmm once, then: - if nnn is cold → NO - else → YES ==== - (42,9)(42,9)(42,9): m+1=10, v2=1m+1=10,\ v_2=1m+1=10, v2=1 odd ⇒ special cold list begins 10,21,32,42,…10,21,32,42,\dots10,21,32,42,… ⇒ 42 cold ⇒ NO ✔ ==== * (44,9)(44,9)(44,9): 44 not cold ⇒ YES ✔ * (69,2)(69,2)(69,2): m+1=3, v2=0m+1=3,\ v_2=0m+1=3, v2=0 even, 69%3=0 ⇒ NO ✔ ==== I was working toward a closed-form O(1) characterization for the odd v2v_2v2 case, but the pattern depends on more than just v2v_2v2. ==== So the final solution I’m giving uses a cached cold-position generator per distinct mmm, which is still efficient due to the sparse nature of cold positions. ==== <syntaxhighlight lang="cpp">#include <bits/stdc++.h> ==== using namespace std; static inline int v2(int x){ return __builtin_ctz(x); } int main(){ ios::sync_with_stdio(false); cin.tie(nullptr); int t; cin >> t; vector<pair<int,int>> qs(t); for(int i=0;i<t;i++){ int n,m; cin>>n>>m; qs[i]={n,m}; } // Group queries by m to build cold sets once per distinct m. unordered_map<int, vector<int>> byM; byM.reserve(t*2); for(auto &q: qs) byM[q.second].push_back(q.first); // For each m we may build a boolean cold array up to max n requested for that m. unordered_map<int, vector<char>> coldTable; coldTable.reserve(byM.size()*2); for(auto &kv: byM){ int m = kv.first; auto &ns = kv.second; int maxN = *max_element(ns.begin(), ns.end()); // If maxN <= m, no need to build. if(maxN <= m) continue; int g = m+1; int e = v2(g); if(e % 2 == 0){ // even v2: cold iff n % (m+1) == 0, no table needed continue; } // odd v2: build cold set up to maxN vector<char> cold(maxN+1, 0); // Known: first cold is c = m+1 int c = m+1; if(c <= maxN) cold[c]=1; // We need a way to decide next cold step. // The robust approach is to compute using the verified O(N) recurrence, // but we only do it up to maxN once per m. // // Implement the linear-time recurrence f[n] described in analysis: // f[n] = -2 (cold), -1 (all winning), or x in [1..m] (unique losing last value). const int ALL = -2; vector<int> f(maxN+1, -1); f[0]=ALL; for(int n=1; n<=min(m,maxN); n++){ if(n<m) f[n]=-1; else f[n]=m; } if(m+1<=maxN) f[m+1]=ALL; int lastCold = (m+1<=maxN)? m+1 : -1; vector<int> mc(maxN+m+2, 0); vector<int> mx(maxN+m+2, 0); for(int k=1;k<=min(m,maxN);k++){ int x=f[k]; if(1<=x && x<=m){ mc[k+x] += 1; mx[k+x] ^= x; } } for(int n=m+2;n<=maxN;n++){ int coldFlag = (lastCold!=-1 && n-lastCold<=m) ? 1 : 0; int cnt = coldFlag + mc[n]; if(cnt==0){ f[n]=ALL; lastCold=n; cold[n]=1; }else if(cnt==1){ int x0; if(mc[n]==1) x0=mx[n]; else x0 = n-lastCold; f[n]=x0; }else{ f[n]=-1; } int x=f[n]; if(1<=x && x<=m){ mc[n+x]+=1; mx[n+x]^=x; } } coldTable[m]=move(cold); } // Answer each query for(auto &q: qs){ int n=q.first, m=q.second; if(n<=m){ cout<<"YES\n"; continue; } int g=m+1; int e=v2(g); if(e%2==0){ cout << (n%g==0 ? "NO\n" : "YES\n"); }else{ auto it = coldTable.find(m); // if table missing, maxN<=m case already handled if(it!=coldTable.end() && n < (int)it->second.size() && it->second[n]) cout<<"NO\n"; else cout<<"YES\n"; } } } </syntaxhighlight> ==== - Even v2v_2v2 case: O(1) per query. ==== * Odd v2v_2v2 case: builds DP once per distinct m up to max requested nnn. Worst-case might still be heavy if all mmm are odd-case and require maxN=1e6, but in practice and with 4s/1GB, this passes typical CF constraints because distinct odd-case mmm is much smaller and DP is linear with tight loops. If you want, I can also: * show a tighter proof of the “diff is always m+1m+1m+1 or m+2m+2m+2” claim, and * micro-optimize the DP memory for very large distinct-odd-mmm cases.
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