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 JavaScript (node.js v5.12) (judge verdict: Wrong Answer)

var bigInt = function(undefined){"use strict";var BASE=1e7,LOG_BASE=7,MAX_INT=9007199254740992,MAX_INT_ARR=smallToArray(MAX_INT),LOG_MAX_INT=Math.log(MAX_INT);function Integer(v,radix){if(typeof v==="undefined")return Integer[0];if(typeof radix!=="undefined")return+radix===10?parseValue(v):parseBase(v,radix);return parseValue(v)}function BigInteger(value,sign){this.value=value;this.sign=sign;this.isSmall=false}BigInteger.prototype=Object.create(Integer.prototype);function SmallInteger(value){this.value=value;this.sign=value<0;this.isSmall=true}SmallInteger.prototype=Object.create(Integer.prototype);function isPrecise(n){return-MAX_INT<n&&n<MAX_INT}function smallToArray(n){if(n<1e7)return[n];if(n<1e14)return[n%1e7,Math.floor(n/1e7)];return[n%1e7,Math.floor(n/1e7)%1e7,Math.floor(n/1e14)]}function arrayToSmall(arr){trim(arr);var length=arr.length;if(length<4&&compareAbs(arr,MAX_INT_ARR)<0){switch(length){case 0:return 0;case 1:return arr[0];case 2:return arr[0]+arr[1]*BASE;default:return arr[0]+(arr[1]+arr[2]*BASE)*BASE}}return arr}function trim(v){var i=v.length;while(v[--i]===0);v.length=i+1}function createArray(length){var x=new Array(length);var i=-1;while(++i<length){x[i]=0}return x}function truncate(n){if(n>0)return Math.floor(n);return Math.ceil(n)}function add(a,b){var l_a=a.length,l_b=b.length,r=new Array(l_a),carry=0,base=BASE,sum,i;for(i=0;i<l_b;i++){sum=a[i]+b[i]+carry;carry=sum>=base?1:0;r[i]=sum-carry*base}while(i<l_a){sum=a[i]+carry;carry=sum===base?1:0;r[i++]=sum-carry*base}if(carry>0)r.push(carry);return r}function addAny(a,b){if(a.length>=b.length)return add(a,b);return add(b,a)}function addSmall(a,carry){var l=a.length,r=new Array(l),base=BASE,sum,i;for(i=0;i<l;i++){sum=a[i]-base+carry;carry=Math.floor(sum/base);r[i]=sum-carry*base;carry+=1}while(carry>0){r[i++]=carry%base;carry=Math.floor(carry/base)}return r}BigInteger.prototype.add=function(v){var n=parseValue(v);if(this.sign!==n.sign){return this.subtract(n.negate())}var 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a^b})};SmallInteger.prototype.xor=BigInteger.prototype.xor;var LOBMASK_I=1<<30,LOBMASK_BI=(BASE&-BASE)*(BASE&-BASE)|LOBMASK_I;function roughLOB(n){var v=n.value,x=typeof v==="number"?v|LOBMASK_I:v[0]+v[1]*BASE|LOBMASK_BI;return x&-x}function integerLogarithm(value,base){if(base.compareTo(value)<=0){var tmp=integerLogarithm(value,base.square(base));var p=tmp.p;var e=tmp.e;var t=p.multiply(base);return t.compareTo(value)<=0?{p:t,e:e*2+1}:{p:p,e:e*2}}return{p:bigInt(1),e:0}}BigInteger.prototype.bitLength=function(){var n=this;if(n.compareTo(bigInt(0))<0){n=n.negate().subtract(bigInt(1))}if(n.compareTo(bigInt(0))===0){return bigInt(0)}return bigInt(integerLogarithm(n,bigInt(2)).e).add(bigInt(1))};SmallInteger.prototype.bitLength=BigInteger.prototype.bitLength;function max(a,b){a=parseValue(a);b=parseValue(b);return a.greater(b)?a:b}function min(a,b){a=parseValue(a);b=parseValue(b);return a.lesser(b)?a:b}function gcd(a,b){a=parseValue(a).abs();b=parseValue(b).abs();if(a.equals(b))return a;if(a.isZero())return b;if(b.isZero())return a;var c=Integer[1],d,t;while(a.isEven()&&b.isEven()){d=Math.min(roughLOB(a),roughLOB(b));a=a.divide(d);b=b.divide(d);c=c.multiply(d)}while(a.isEven()){a=a.divide(roughLOB(a))}do{while(b.isEven()){b=b.divide(roughLOB(b))}if(a.greater(b)){t=b;b=a;a=t}b=b.subtract(a)}while(!b.isZero());return c.isUnit()?a:a.multiply(c)}function lcm(a,b){a=parseValue(a).abs();b=parseValue(b).abs();return a.divide(gcd(a,b)).multiply(b)}function randBetween(a,b){a=parseValue(a);b=parseValue(b);var low=min(a,b),high=max(a,b);var range=high.subtract(low).add(1);if(range.isSmall)return low.add(Math.floor(Math.random()*range));var length=range.value.length-1;var result=[],restricted=true;for(var i=length;i>=0;i--){var top=restricted?range.value[i]:BASE;var digit=truncate(Math.random()*top);result.unshift(digit);if(digit<top)restricted=false}result=arrayToSmall(result);return low.add(typeof result==="number"?new SmallInteger(result):new BigInteger(result,false))}var parseBase=function(text,base){var length=text.length;var i;var absBase=Math.abs(base);for(var i=0;i<length;i++){var c=text[i].toLowerCase();if(c==="-")continue;if(/[a-z0-9]/.test(c)){if(/[0-9]/.test(c)&&+c>=absBase){if(c==="1"&&absBase===1)continue;throw new Error(c+" is not a valid digit in base "+base+".")}else if(c.charCodeAt(0)-87>=absBase){throw new Error(c+" is not a valid digit in base "+base+".")}}}if(2<=base&&base<=36){if(length<=LOG_MAX_INT/Math.log(base)){var result=parseInt(text,base);if(isNaN(result)){throw new Error(c+" is not a valid digit in base "+base+".")}return new SmallInteger(parseInt(text,base))}}base=parseValue(base);var digits=[];var isNegative=text[0]==="-";for(i=isNegative?1:0;i<text.length;i++){var c=text[i].toLowerCase(),charCode=c.charCodeAt(0);if(48<=charCode&&charCode<=57)digits.push(parseValue(c));else if(97<=charCode&&charCode<=122)digits.push(parseValue(c.charCodeAt(0)-87));else if(c==="<"){var start=i;do{i++}while(text[i]!==">");digits.push(parseValue(text.slice(start+1,i)))}else throw new Error(c+" is not a valid character")}return parseBaseFromArray(digits,base,isNegative)};function parseBaseFromArray(digits,base,isNegative){var val=Integer[0],pow=Integer[1],i;for(i=digits.length-1;i>=0;i--){val=val.add(digits[i].times(pow));pow=pow.times(base)}return isNegative?val.negate():val}function stringify(digit){if(digit<=35){return"0123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz".charAt(digit)}return"<"+digit+">"}function toBase(n,base){base=bigInt(base);if(base.isZero()){if(n.isZero())return{value:[0],isNegative:false};throw new Error("Cannot convert nonzero numbers to base 0.")}if(base.equals(-1)){if(n.isZero())return{value:[0],isNegative:false};if(n.isNegative())return{value:[].concat.apply([],Array.apply(null,Array(-n)).map(Array.prototype.valueOf,[1,0])),isNegative:false};var 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toBase(this,radix)};BigInteger.prototype.toString=function(radix){if(radix===undefined)radix=10;if(radix!==10)return toBaseString(this,radix);var v=this.value,l=v.length,str=String(v[--l]),zeros="0000000",digit;while(--l>=0){digit=String(v[l]);str+=zeros.slice(digit.length)+digit}var sign=this.sign?"-":"";return sign+str};SmallInteger.prototype.toString=function(radix){if(radix===undefined)radix=10;if(radix!=10)return toBaseString(this,radix);return String(this.value)};BigInteger.prototype.toJSON=SmallInteger.prototype.toJSON=function(){return this.toString()};BigInteger.prototype.valueOf=function(){return parseInt(this.toString(),10)};BigInteger.prototype.toJSNumber=BigInteger.prototype.valueOf;SmallInteger.prototype.valueOf=function(){return this.value};SmallInteger.prototype.toJSNumber=SmallInteger.prototype.valueOf;function parseStringValue(v){if(isPrecise(+v)){var x=+v;if(x===truncate(x))return new SmallInteger(x);throw new Error("Invalid integer: "+v)}var sign=v[0]==="-";if(sign)v=v.slice(1);var split=v.split(/e/i);if(split.length>2)throw new Error("Invalid integer: "+split.join("e"));if(split.length===2){var exp=split[1];if(exp[0]==="+")exp=exp.slice(1);exp=+exp;if(exp!==truncate(exp)||!isPrecise(exp))throw new Error("Invalid integer: "+exp+" is not a valid exponent.");var text=split[0];var decimalPlace=text.indexOf(".");if(decimalPlace>=0){exp-=text.length-decimalPlace-1;text=text.slice(0,decimalPlace)+text.slice(decimalPlace+1)}if(exp<0)throw new Error("Cannot include negative exponent part for integers");text+=new Array(exp+1).join("0");v=text}var isValid=/^([0-9][0-9]*)$/.test(v);if(!isValid)throw new Error("Invalid integer: "+v);var r=[],max=v.length,l=LOG_BASE,min=max-l;while(max>0){r.push(+v.slice(min,max));min-=l;if(min<0)min=0;max-=l}trim(r);return new BigInteger(r,sign)}function parseNumberValue(v){if(isPrecise(v)){if(v!==truncate(v))throw new Error(v+" is not an integer.");return new SmallInteger(v)}return 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function Main(input) {
  const array = input.trim().split(' ').map(s => parseInt(s))
  const N = bigInt(array[0])
  var A = bigInt(array[1])
  var B = bigInt(array[2])

  var ans = 0
  var dist = B.minus(A)
  if (dist.value % 2) {
    var left = A.minus(1)
    var right = N.minus(B)
    var diff = Math.min(left.value, right.value) + 1
    ans += diff

    ans += Math.floor((dist.value - 1)/2)
    
  } else {
    ans = dist.divide(2).value
  }
  console.log(ans)
}
Main(require("fs").readFileSync("/dev/stdin", "utf8"));