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 Rust (1.42.0) (judge verdict: Accepted)

pub trait Zero: PartialEq + Sized {
    fn zero() -> Self;
    #[inline]
    fn is_zero(&self) -> bool {
        self == &Self::zero()
    }
}
pub trait One: PartialEq + Sized {
    fn one() -> Self;
    #[inline]
    fn is_one(&self) -> bool {
        self == &Self::one()
    }
}
macro_rules !zero_one_impls {($({$Trait :ident $method :ident $($t :ty ) *,$e :expr } ) *) =>{$($(impl $Trait for $t {#[inline ] fn $method () ->Self {$e } } ) *) *} ;}
zero_one_impls !({Zero zero u8 u16 u32 u64 usize i8 i16 i32 i64 isize u128 i128 ,0 } {Zero zero f32 f64 ,0. } {One one u8 u16 u32 u64 usize i8 i16 i32 i64 isize u128 i128 ,1 } {One one f32 f64 ,1. } ) ;
pub trait IterScan: Sized {
    type Output;
    fn scan<'a, I: Iterator<Item = &'a str>>(iter: &mut I) -> Option<Self::Output>;
}
pub trait MarkedIterScan: Sized {
    type Output;
    fn mscan<'a, I: Iterator<Item = &'a str>>(self, iter: &mut I) -> Option<Self::Output>;
}
#[derive(Clone, Debug)]
pub struct Scanner<'a> {
    iter: std::str::SplitAsciiWhitespace<'a>,
}
mod scanner_impls {
    use super::*;
    impl<'a> Scanner<'a> {
        #[inline]
        pub fn new(s: &'a str) -> Self {
            let iter = s.split_ascii_whitespace();
            Self { iter }
        }
        #[inline]
        pub fn scan<T: IterScan>(&mut self) -> <T as IterScan>::Output {
            <T as IterScan>::scan(&mut self.iter).expect("scan error")
        }
        #[inline]
        pub fn mscan<T: MarkedIterScan>(&mut self, marker: T) -> <T as MarkedIterScan>::Output {
            marker.mscan(&mut self.iter).expect("scan error")
        }
        #[inline]
        pub fn scan_vec<T: IterScan>(&mut self, size: usize) -> Vec<<T as IterScan>::Output> {
            (0..size)
                .map(|_| <T as IterScan>::scan(&mut self.iter).expect("scan error"))
                .collect()
        }
        #[inline]
        pub fn iter<'b, T: IterScan>(&'b mut self) -> ScannerIter<'a, 'b, T> {
            ScannerIter {
                inner: self,
                _marker: std::marker::PhantomData,
            }
        }
    }
    macro_rules !iter_scan_impls {($($t :ty ) *) =>{$(impl IterScan for $t {type Output =Self ;#[inline ] fn scan <'a ,I :Iterator <Item =&'a str >>(iter :&mut I ) ->Option <Self >{iter .next () ?.parse ::<$t >() .ok () } } ) *} ;}
    iter_scan_impls !(char u8 u16 u32 u64 usize i8 i16 i32 i64 isize f32 f64 u128 i128 String ) ;
    macro_rules !iter_scan_tuple_impl {($($T :ident ) *) =>{impl <$($T :IterScan ) ,*>IterScan for ($($T ,) *) {type Output =($(<$T as IterScan >::Output ,) *) ;#[inline ] fn scan <'a ,It :Iterator <Item =&'a str >>(_iter :&mut It ) ->Option <Self ::Output >{Some (($(<$T as IterScan >::scan (_iter ) ?,) *) ) } } } ;}
    iter_scan_tuple_impl!();
    iter_scan_tuple_impl!(A);
    iter_scan_tuple_impl !(A B ) ;
    iter_scan_tuple_impl !(A B C ) ;
    iter_scan_tuple_impl !(A B C D ) ;
    iter_scan_tuple_impl !(A B C D E ) ;
    iter_scan_tuple_impl !(A B C D E F ) ;
    iter_scan_tuple_impl !(A B C D E F G ) ;
    iter_scan_tuple_impl !(A B C D E F G H ) ;
    iter_scan_tuple_impl !(A B C D E F G H I ) ;
    iter_scan_tuple_impl !(A B C D E F G H I J ) ;
    iter_scan_tuple_impl !(A B C D E F G H I J K ) ;
    pub struct ScannerIter<'a, 'b, T> {
        inner: &'b mut Scanner<'a>,
        _marker: std::marker::PhantomData<fn() -> T>,
    }
    impl<'a, 'b, T: IterScan> Iterator for ScannerIter<'a, 'b, T> {
        type Item = <T as IterScan>::Output;
        #[inline]
        fn next(&mut self) -> Option<Self::Item> {
            <T as IterScan>::scan(&mut self.inner.iter)
        }
    }
}
pub mod marker {
    use super::*;
    use std::{iter::FromIterator, marker::PhantomData};
    #[derive(Debug, Copy, Clone)]
    pub struct Usize1;
    impl IterScan for Usize1 {
        type Output = usize;
        #[inline]
        fn scan<'a, I: Iterator<Item = &'a str>>(iter: &mut I) -> Option<Self::Output> {
            Some(<usize as IterScan>::scan(iter)?.checked_sub(1)?)
        }
    }
    #[derive(Debug, Copy, Clone)]
    pub struct Chars;
    impl IterScan for Chars {
        type Output = Vec<char>;
        #[inline]
        fn scan<'a, I: Iterator<Item = &'a str>>(iter: &mut I) -> Option<Self::Output> {
            Some(iter.next()?.chars().collect())
        }
    }
    #[derive(Debug, Copy, Clone)]
    pub struct CharsWithBase(char);
    impl MarkedIterScan for CharsWithBase {
        type Output = Vec<usize>;
        #[inline]
        fn mscan<'a, I: Iterator<Item = &'a str>>(self, iter: &mut I) -> Option<Self::Output> {
            Some(
                iter.next()?
                    .chars()
                    .map(|c| (c as u8 - self.0 as u8) as usize)
                    .collect(),
            )
        }
    }
    #[derive(Debug, Copy, Clone)]
    pub struct Collect<T: IterScan, B: FromIterator<<T as IterScan>::Output>> {
        size: usize,
        _marker: PhantomData<fn() -> (T, B)>,
    }
    impl<T: IterScan, B: FromIterator<<T as IterScan>::Output>> Collect<T, B> {
        pub fn new(size: usize) -> Self {
            Self {
                size,
                _marker: PhantomData,
            }
        }
    }
    impl<T: IterScan, B: FromIterator<<T as IterScan>::Output>> MarkedIterScan for Collect<T, B> {
        type Output = B;
        #[inline]
        fn mscan<'a, I: Iterator<Item = &'a str>>(self, iter: &mut I) -> Option<Self::Output> {
            Some(
                (0..self.size)
                    .map(|_| <T as IterScan>::scan(iter).expect("scan error"))
                    .collect::<B>(),
            )
        }
    }
}
#[macro_export]
macro_rules !min {($e :expr ) =>{$e } ;($e :expr ,$($es :expr ) ,+) =>{std ::cmp ::min ($e ,min !($($es ) ,+) ) } ;}
#[macro_export]
macro_rules !chmin {($dst :expr ,$($src :expr ) ,+) =>{{let x =std ::cmp ::min ($dst ,min !($($src ) ,+) ) ;$dst =x ;} } ;}
#[macro_export]
macro_rules !max {($e :expr ) =>{$e } ;($e :expr ,$($es :expr ) ,+) =>{std ::cmp ::max ($e ,max !($($es ) ,+) ) } ;}
#[macro_export]
macro_rules !chmax {($dst :expr ,$($src :expr ) ,+) =>{{let x =std ::cmp ::max ($dst ,max !($($src ) ,+) ) ;$dst =x ;} } ;}
fn main() {
    #![allow(unused_imports, unused_macros)]
    use std::io::{stdin, stdout, BufWriter, Read as _, Write as _};
    let mut _in_buf = Vec::new();
    stdin().read_to_end(&mut _in_buf).expect("io error");
    let _in_buf = unsafe { String::from_utf8_unchecked(_in_buf) };
    let mut scanner = Scanner::new(&_in_buf);
    macro_rules !scan {() =>{scan !(usize ) } ;(($($t :tt ) ,*) ) =>{($(scan !($t ) ) ,*) } ;([$t :ty ;$len :expr ] ) =>{scanner .scan_vec ::<$t >($len ) } ;([$t :tt ;$len :expr ] ) =>{(0 ..$len ) .map (|_ |scan !($t ) ) .collect ::<Vec <_ >>() } ;([$t :ty ] ) =>{scanner .iter ::<$t >() } ;({$e :expr } ) =>{scanner .mscan ($e ) } ;($t :ty ) =>{scanner .scan ::<$t >() } ;}
    let _out = stdout();
    let mut _out = BufWriter::new(_out.lock());
    macro_rules !print {($($arg :tt ) *) =>(::std ::write !(_out ,$($arg ) *) .expect ("io error" ) ) }
    macro_rules !println {($($arg :tt ) *) =>(::std ::writeln !(_out ,$($arg ) *) .expect ("io error" ) ) }
    macro_rules! echo {
        ($iter :expr ) => {
            echo!($iter, '\n')
        };
        ($iter :expr ,$sep :expr ) => {
            let mut iter = $iter.into_iter();
            if let Some(item) = iter.next() {
                print!("{}", item);
            }
            for item in iter {
                print!("{}{}", $sep, item);
            }
            println!();
        };
    }
    let n = scan!();
    let a = scan!();
    let b = scan!();
    let ans = if (b - a) % 2 == 0 {
        (b - a) / 2
    } else {
        ((a - 1) + (b - (a - 1) - 2) / 2).min((n - b) + (n - (a + (n - b) + 1)) / 2) + 1
    };
    println!("{}", ans);
}