Problem:
Score : 300 points

Problem Statement

A sequence a_1,a_2,... ,a_n is said to be /\/\/\/ when the following conditions are satisfied:

For each i = 1,2,..., n-2, a_i = a_{i+2}.

Exactly two different numbers appear in the sequence.

You are given a sequence v_1,v_2,...,v_n whose length is even.
We would like to make this sequence /\/\/\/ by replacing some of its elements.
Find the minimum number of elements that needs to be replaced.

Constraints

2 \leq n \leq 10^5

n is even.

1 \leq v_i \leq 10^5

v_i is an integer.

Input

Input is given from Standard Input in the following format:

n
v_1 v_2 ... v_n

Output

Print the minimum number of elements that needs to be replaced.

Sample Input 1

4
3 1 3 2

Sample Output 1

1

The sequence 3,1,3,2 is not /\/\/\/, but we can make it /\/\/\/ by replacing one of its elements: for example, replace the fourth element to make it 3,1,3,1.

Sample Input 2

6
105 119 105 119 105 119

Sample Output 2

0

The sequence 105,119,105,119,105,119 is /\/\/\/.

Sample Input 3

4
1 1 1 1

Sample Output 3

2

The elements of the sequence 1,1,1,1 are all the same, so it is not /\/\/\/.

Solution in Rust (1.15.1) (judge verdict: Accepted)

pub trait FromFragments: Sized {
    fn fragments_count() -> usize;
    fn from_fragments(fragments: &[&str]) -> Result<Self, String>;
}
impl FromFragments for () {
    fn fragments_count() -> usize {
        1
    }
    fn from_fragments(_fragments: &[&str]) -> Result<(), String> {
        Ok(())
    }
}
impl FromFragments for String {
    fn fragments_count() -> usize {
        1
    }
    fn from_fragments(fragments: &[&str]) -> Result<String, String> {
        Ok(fragments[0].to_string())
    }
}
macro_rules ! impl_from_fragments { ( $ ( $ t : ty ) * ) => { $ ( impl FromFragments for $ t { fn fragments_count ( ) -> usize { 1 } fn from_fragments ( fragments : & [ & str ] ) -> Result <$ t , String > { use std :: str :: FromStr ; <$ t >:: from_str ( fragments [ 0 ] ) . map_err ( | _ | { format ! ( "cannot parse \"{}\" as {}" , fragments [ 0 ] , stringify ! ( $ t ) ) } ) } } ) * } ; }
impl_from_fragments ! ( isize usize i8 u8 i16 u16 i32 u32 i64 u64 f32 f64 ) ;
pub trait FromLine: Sized {
    fn from_line(line: &str) -> Result<Self, String>;
}
fn split_into_fragments(line: &str) -> Vec<&str> {
    line.trim_right_matches('\n').split_whitespace().collect()
}
impl<T: FromFragments> FromLine for T {
    fn from_line(line: &str) -> Result<T, String> {
        let fragments = split_into_fragments(line);
        if fragments.len() != T::fragments_count() {
            return Err(format!(
                "line \"{}\" has {} fragments, expected {}",
                line,
                fragments.len(),
                T::fragments_count()
            ));
        }
        T::from_fragments(&fragments)
    }
}
impl<T: FromFragments> FromLine for Vec<T> {
    fn from_line(line: &str) -> Result<Vec<T>, String> {
        let n = T::fragments_count();
        let fragments = split_into_fragments(line);
        if fragments.len() % n != 0 {
            return Err(format!(
                "line \"{}\" has {} fragments, expected multiple of {}",
                line,
                fragments.len(),
                n
            ));
        }
        let mut result = Vec::new();
        for chunk in fragments.chunks(n) {
            match T::from_fragments(chunk) {
                Ok(v) => result.push(v),
                Err(msg) => {
                    let flagment_msg = if n == 1 {
                        format!("fragment {}", result.len())
                    } else {
                        let l = result.len();
                        format!("fragments {}-{}", n * l + 1, (n + 1) * l)
                    };
                    return Err(format!("{} of line \"{}\": {}", flagment_msg, line, msg));
                }
            }
        }
        Ok(result)
    }
}
macro_rules ! impl_from_fragments_for_tuples { ( $ t : ident $ var : ident $ count : expr ) => ( ) ; ( $ t : ident $ var : ident $ count : expr ; $ ( $ inner_t : ident $ inner_var : ident $ inner_count : expr ) ;* ) => { impl_from_fragments_for_tuples ! ( $ ( $ inner_t $ inner_var $ inner_count ) ;* ) ; impl <$ t : FromFragments , $ ( $ inner_t : FromFragments ) ,*> FromFragments for ( $ t , $ ( $ inner_t ) ,* ) { fn fragments_count ( ) -> usize { let mut n = <$ t >:: fragments_count ( ) ; $ ( n += <$ inner_t >:: fragments_count ( ) ; ) * n } # [ allow ( unused_assignments ) ] fn from_fragments ( fragments : & [ & str ] ) -> Result < ( $ t , $ ( $ inner_t ) ,* ) , String > { let mut start = 0 ; let $ var = <$ t >:: from_fragments ( & fragments [ start .. start +<$ t >:: fragments_count ( ) ] ) ?; start += <$ t >:: fragments_count ( ) ; $ ( let $ inner_var = <$ inner_t >:: from_fragments ( & fragments [ start .. start +<$ inner_t >:: fragments_count ( ) ] ) ?; start += <$ inner_t >:: fragments_count ( ) ; ) * Ok ( ( $ var , $ ( $ inner_var ) ,* ) ) } } } }
impl_from_fragments_for_tuples ! ( T4 x4 4 ; T3 x3 3 ; T2 x2 2 ; T1 x1 1 ) ;
#[macro_export]
macro_rules ! read { ( ) => { let mut line = String :: new ( ) ; std :: io :: stdin ( ) . read_line ( & mut line ) . unwrap ( ) ; } ; ( $ pat : pat = $ t : ty ) => { let mut line = String :: new ( ) ; std :: io :: stdin ( ) . read_line ( & mut line ) . unwrap ( ) ; let $ pat = <$ t >:: from_line ( & line ) . unwrap ( ) ; } ; ( $ ( $ pat : pat = $ t : ty ) ,+ ) => { read ! ( ( $ ( $ pat ) ,* ) = ( $ ( $ t ) ,* ) ) ; } ; }
#[macro_export]
macro_rules ! readls { ( $ ( $ pat : pat = $ t : ty ) ,+ ) => { $ ( read ! ( $ pat = $ t ) ; ) * } }
pub fn read_vec<T: FromLine>() -> Vec<T> {
    use std::io::{self, BufRead};
    let stdin = io::stdin();
    let result = stdin
        .lock()
        .lines()
        .map(|line_result| {
            let line = line_result.expect("read from stdin failed");
            T::from_line(&line).unwrap()
        }).collect();
    result
}
#[macro_export]
macro_rules ! read_loop { ( $ pat : pat = $ t : ty ; $ block : block ) => { use std :: io :: BufRead ; let stdin = std :: io :: stdin ( ) ; for line in stdin . lock ( ) . lines ( ) { let line = line . expect ( "read from stdin failed" ) ; let $ pat = <$ t >:: from_line ( & line ) . unwrap ( ) ; $ block } } ; ( $ ( $ pat : pat = $ t : ty ) ,* ; $ block : block ) => { read_loop ! ( ( $ ( $ pat ) ,* ) = ( $ ( $ t ) ,* ) ; $ block ) ; } }
#[macro_export]
macro_rules ! readn_loop { ( $ n : expr ; $ pat : pat = $ t : ty ; $ block : block ) => { use std :: io :: BufRead ; let stdin = std :: io :: stdin ( ) ; { let lock = stdin . lock ( ) ; for _ in 0 ..$ n { let line = String :: new ( ) ; lock . read_line ( & mut line ) . expect ( "read from stdin failed" ) ; let $ pat = <$ t >:: from_line ( & line ) . unwrap ( ) ; $ block } } } ; ( $ n : expr ; $ ( $ pat : pat = $ t : ty ) ,* ; $ block : block ) => { read_times_loop ! ( $ n ; ( $ ( $ pat ) ,* ) = ( $ ( $ t ) ,* ) ; $ block ) ; } }

#[derive(Clone)]
pub struct StepBy<I> {
    iter: I,
    step: usize,
    first_take: bool,
}
impl<I: Iterator> Iterator for StepBy<I> {
    type Item = I::Item;
    fn next(&mut self) -> Option<Self::Item> {
        if self.first_take {
            self.first_take = false;
            self.iter.next()
        } else {
            self.iter.nth(self.step)
        }
    }
}
trait RichIterator: Iterator {
    fn step_by_(self, step: usize) -> StepBy<Self>
    where
        Self: Sized,
    {
        assert_ne!(step, 0);
        StepBy {
            iter: self,
            step: step - 1,
            first_take: true,
        }
    }
    fn for_each<F: FnMut(Self::Item)>(self, mut f: F)
    where
        Self: Sized,
    {
        for item in self {
            f(item);
        }
    }
}
impl<I: Iterator> RichIterator for I {}

use std::cmp::Ordering;

#[derive(Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
struct Reverse<T>(T);

impl<T: PartialOrd> PartialOrd for Reverse<T> {
    fn partial_cmp(&self, other: &Reverse<T>) -> Option<Ordering> {
        other.0.partial_cmp(&self.0)
    }
}

impl<T: Ord> Ord for Reverse<T> {
    fn cmp(&self, other: &Reverse<T>) -> Ordering {
        other.0.cmp(&self.0)
    }
}

use std::collections::HashMap;

fn count(vs: Vec<&u32>) -> Vec<(u32, u32)> {
    let mut map = HashMap::new();
    for v in vs {
        let ent = map.entry(*v).or_insert(0);
        *ent += 1;
    }
    let mut pairs: Vec<(u32, u32)> = map.into_iter().collect();
    pairs.sort_by_key(|&(_v, count)| Reverse(count));
    pairs
}

use std::cmp::max;

fn main() {
    read!(n = u32);
    read!(vs = Vec<u32>);

    let seq1 = count(vs.iter().step_by_(2).collect());
    let seq2 = count(vs[1..].iter().step_by_(2).collect());

    if seq1[0].0 != seq2[0].0 {
        let op1 = n/2 - seq1[0].1;
        let op2 = n/2 - seq2[0].1;
        println!("{}", op1 + op2);
    } else {
        if seq1.len() == 1 && seq2.len() == 1 {
            println!("{}", n/2);
        } else if seq1.len() == 1 {
            println!("{}", n/2 - seq2[0].1);
        } else if seq2.len() == 1 {
            println!("{}", n/2 - seq1[0].1);
        } else {
            let count1 = seq1[0].1;
            let count2 = seq2[0].1;
            if count1 > count2 {
                let op1 = n/2 - seq1[0].1;
                let op2 = n/2 - seq2[1].1;
                println!("{}", op1 + op2);
            } else if count1 < count2 {
                let op1 = n/2 - seq1[1].1;
                let op2 = n/2 - seq2[0].1;
                println!("{}", op1 + op2);
            } else {
                let op1 = n/2 - max(seq1[1].1, seq2[1].1);
                let op2 = n/2 - count1;
                println!("{}", op1 + op2);
            }
        }
    }
}