Problem:
Score : 300 points

Problem Statement

2N players are running a competitive table tennis training on N tables numbered from 1 to N.

The training consists of rounds.
In each round, the players form N pairs, one pair per table.
In each pair, competitors play a match against each other.
As a result, one of them wins and the other one loses.

The winner of the match on table X plays on table X-1 in the next round,
except for the winner of the match on table 1 who stays at table 1.

Similarly, the loser of the match on table X plays on table X+1 in the next round,
except for the loser of the match on table N who stays at table N.

Two friends are playing their first round matches on distinct tables A and B.
Let's assume that the friends are strong enough to win or lose any match at will.
What is the smallest number of rounds after which the friends can get to play a match against each other?

Constraints

2 \leq N \leq 10^{18}

1 \leq A < B \leq N

All input values are integers.

Input

Input is given from Standard Input in the following format:

N A B

Output

Print the smallest number of rounds after which the friends can get to play a match against each other.

Sample Input 1

5 2 4

Sample Output 1

1

If the first friend loses their match and the second friend wins their match, they will both move to table 3 and play each other in the next round.

Sample Input 2

5 2 3

Sample Output 2

2

If both friends win two matches in a row, they will both move to table 1.

Solution in Java8 (OpenJDK 1.8.0) (judge verdict: Accepted)

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.NoSuchElementException;
import java.util.Scanner;
class FastScanner {
	private final InputStream in = System.in;
	private final byte[] buffer = new byte[1024];
	private int ptr = 0;
	private int buflen = 0;
	private boolean hasNextByte() {
		if (ptr < buflen) {
			return true;
		}else{
			ptr = 0;
			try {
				buflen = in.read(buffer);
			} catch (IOException e) {
				e.printStackTrace();
			}
			if (buflen <= 0) {
				return false;
			}
		}
		return true;
	}
	private int readByte() { if (hasNextByte()) return buffer[ptr++]; else return -1;}
	private static boolean isPrintableChar(int c) { return 33 <= c && c <= 126;}
	public boolean hasNext() { while(hasNextByte() && !isPrintableChar(buffer[ptr])) ptr++; return hasNextByte();}
	public String next() {
		if (!hasNext()) throw new NoSuchElementException();
		StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
		int b = readByte();
		while(isPrintableChar(b)) {
			sb.appendCodePoint(b);
			b = readByte();
		}
		return sb.toString();
	}
	public long nextLong() {
		if (!hasNext()) throw new NoSuchElementException();
		long n = 0;
		boolean minus = false;
		int b = readByte();
		if (b == '-') {
			minus = true;
			b = readByte();
		}
		if (b < '0' || '9' < b) {
			throw new NumberFormatException();
		}
		while(true){
			if ('0' <= b && b <= '9') {
				n *= 10;
				n += b - '0';
			}else if(b == -1 || !isPrintableChar(b)){
				return minus ? -n : n;
			}else{
				throw new NumberFormatException();
			}
			b = readByte();
		}
	}
	public int nextInt() {
		long nl = nextLong();
		if (nl < Integer.MIN_VALUE || nl > Integer.MAX_VALUE) throw new NumberFormatException();
		return (int) nl;
	}
	public double nextDouble() { return Double.parseDouble(next());}
}
public class Main {
	static FastScanner scan=new FastScanner();
	static Scanner scanner=new Scanner(System.in);
	static long mod=1000000007;
	static double eps=0.0000000001;
	static int big=Integer.MAX_VALUE;
	static long gcd (long a, long b) {return b>0?gcd(b,a%b):a;}
	static long lcm (long a, long b) {return a*b/gcd(a,b);}
	static int max(int a,int b) {return a>b?a:b;}
	static int min(int a,int b) {return a<b?a:b;}
	static long factorial(int i) {return i==1?1:i*factorial(i-1);}
	static int lower_bound(int a[],int key) {
		int low=0,high=a.length;
		while(low<high) {
			int mid=((high-low)/2)+low;
			if(a[mid]<=key)low=mid+1;
			else high=mid;
		}
		return high;
	}
	static int upper_bound(int a[],int key) {
		int low=0,high=a.length;
		while(low<high) {
			int mid=((high-low)/2)+low;
			if(a[mid]<key)low=mid+1;
			else high=mid;
		}
		return high;
	}
	static boolean isPrime (long n) {
		if (n==2) return true;
		if (n<2 || n%2==0) return false;
		double d = Math.sqrt(n);
		for (int i=3; i<=d; i+=2)if(n%i==0){return false;}
		return true;
	}
	static int upper_division(int a,int b) {
		if(a%b==0) {
			return a/b;
		}
		else {
			return a/b+1;
		}
	}
	static long lupper_division(long a,long b) {
		if(a%b==0) {
			return a/b;
		}
		else {
			return a/b+1;
		}
	}
	static long lmax(long a,long b) {return Math.max(a, b);}
	static long lmin(long a,long b) {return Math.min(a, b);}
	static int[] setArray(int a) {
		int b[]=new int[a];
		for(int i=0;i<a;i++) {
			b[i]=scan.nextInt();
		}
		return b;
	}
	static long[] lsetArray(int a) {
		long b[]=new long[a];
		for(int i=0;i<a;i++) {
			b[i]=scan.nextLong();
		}
		return b;
	}
	static String reverce(String str) {
		String strr="";
		for(int i=str.length()-1;i>=0;i--) {
			strr+=str.charAt(i);
		}
		return strr;
	}
	public static void printArray(char[] ch) {
		for(int i=0;i<ch.length-1;i++) {
			System.out.print(ch[i]+" ");
		}
		System.out.println(ch[ch.length-1]);
	}
	public static int[][] doublesort(int[][]a) {
		Arrays.sort(a,(x,y)->Integer.compare(x[0],y[0]));
		return a;
	}
	static long modpow(long x,long n,long mo) {
		long sum=1;
		while(n>0) {
			if((n&1)==1) {
				sum=sum*x%mo;
			}
			x=x*x%mo;
			n>>=1;
		}
		return sum;
	}
	public static char[] revch(char ch[]) {
		char ret[]=new char[ch.length];
		for(int i=ch.length-1,j=0;i>=0;i--,j++) {
			ret[j]=ch[i];
		}
		return ret;
	}
	public static int[] revint(int ch[]) {
		int ret[]=new int[ch.length];
		for(int i=ch.length-1,j=0;i>=0;i--,j++) {
			ret[j]=ch[i];
		}
		return ret;
	}
	public static void warshall_floyd(int v[][],int n) {
		for(int k=0;k<n;k++)
			for(int i=0;i<n;i++)
				for(int j=0;j<n;j++)
					v[i][j]=min(v[i][j],v[i][k]+v[k][j]);
	}
	public static void main(String[] args) {
		long a=scan.nextLong();
		long b=scan.nextLong();
		long c=scan.nextLong();
		if(Math.abs(b-c)%2==1) {
			long x=b;
			long y=c;
			//bをNにするまで
			long toN=a-c;
			b+=toN+1;
			long cost1=toN+Math.abs(a-b)/2+1;
			if(b-1==a-1) {
				cost1=toN+1;
			}
			//aを1に
			b=x;
			c=y;
			long toOne=b-1;
			c-=(toOne+1);
			long cost2=toOne+Math.abs(c-1)/2+1;
			if(c==1) {
				cost2=toOne+1;
			}
			System.out.println(lmin(cost1,cost2));
		}
		else {
			System.out.println(Math.abs(b-c)/2);
		}
	}
}