#![allow(unused_parens)]
#![allow(unused_imports)]
#![allow(non_upper_case_globals)]

#[allow(unused_macros)]
macro_rules! invec {
    ( $ t : ty ) => {{
        let mut s = String::new();
        match std::io::stdin().read_line(&mut s) {
            Ok(0) => Vec::<$t>::new(),
            Ok(n) => s
                .trim()
                .split_whitespace()
                .map(|s| s.parse::<$t>().unwrap())
                .collect::<Vec<$t>>(),
            Err(_) => Vec::<$t>::new(),
        }
    }};
}

#[allow(unused_macros)]
macro_rules! get {
      ($t:ty) => {
          {
              let mut line: String = String::new();
              std::io::stdin().read_line(&mut line).unwrap();
              line.trim().parse::<$t>().unwrap()
          }
      };
      ($($t:ty),*) => {
          {
              let mut line: String = String::new();
              std::io::stdin().read_line(&mut line).unwrap();
              let mut iter = line.split_whitespace();
              (
                  $(iter.next().unwrap().parse::<$t>().unwrap(),)*
              )
          }
      };
      ($t:ty; $n:expr) => {
          (0..$n).map(|_|
              get!($t)
          ).collect::<Vec<_>>()
      };
      ($($t:ty),*; $n:expr) => {
          (0..$n).map(|_|
              get!($($t),*)
          ).collect::<Vec<_>>()
      };
      ($t:ty ;;) => {
          {
              let mut line: String = String::new();
              std::io::stdin().read_line(&mut line).unwrap();
              line.split_whitespace()
                  .map(|t| t.parse::<$t>().unwrap())
                  .collect::<Vec<_>>()
          }
      };
      ($t:ty ;; $n:expr) => {
          (0..$n).map(|_| get!($t ;;)).collect::<Vec<_>>()
      };
}

#[allow(unused_macros)]
macro_rules! input {
    (source = $s:expr, $($r:tt)*) => {
        let mut iter = $s.split_whitespace();
        input_inner!{iter, $($r)*}
    };
    ($($r:tt)*) => {
        let mut s = {
            use std::io::Read;
            let mut s = String::new();
            std::io::stdin().read_to_string(&mut s).unwrap();
            s
        };
        let mut iter = s.split_whitespace();
        input_inner!{iter, $($r)*}
    };
}

macro_rules! input_inner {
    ($iter:expr) => {};
    ($iter:expr, ) => {};

    ($iter:expr, $var:ident : $t:tt $($r:tt)*) => {
        let $var = read_value!($iter, $t);
        input_inner!{$iter $($r)*}
    };
}

#[allow(unused_macros)]
macro_rules! read_value {
    ($iter:expr, ( $($t:tt),* )) => {
        ( $(read_value!($iter, $t)),* )
    };

    ($iter:expr, [ $t:tt ; $len:expr ]) => {
        (0..$len).map(|_| read_value!($iter, $t)).collect::<Vec<_>>()
    };

    ($next:expr, [$t:tt]) => {
        {
            let len = read_value!($next, usize);
            (0..len).map(|_| read_value!($next, $t)).collect::<Vec<_>>()
        }
    };
    ($iter:expr, chars) => {
        read_value!($iter, String).chars().collect::<Vec<char>>()
    };

    ($iter:expr, usize1) => {
        read_value!($iter, usize) - 1
    };

    ($iter:expr, $t:ty) => {
        $iter.next().unwrap().parse::<$t>().expect("Parse error")
    };
}

#[cfg(debug_assertions)]
macro_rules! mydbg {
    //($arg:expr) => (dbg!($arg))
    //($arg:expr) => (println!("{:?}",$arg));
      ($($a:expr),*) => {
          eprintln!(concat!($(stringify!($a), " = {:?}, "),*), $($a),*);
      }
}
#[cfg(not(debug_assertions))]
macro_rules! mydbg {
    ($($arg:expr),*) => {};
}

use std::cmp;
use std::collections::HashMap;

#[allow(dead_code)]
static INF_I64: i64 = 9223372036854775807;
#[allow(dead_code)]
static INF_I32: i32 = 2147483647;
#[allow(dead_code)]
static INF_USIZE: usize = 18446744073709551615;

fn main() {
    input! {
       n: i64,
       a:i64,
       b:i64,
    }

    let mut a = a;
    let mut b = b;

    let mut ans = INF_I64;
    let c = b - a;
    if c % 2 == 0 {
        ans = std::cmp::min(ans, c / 2);
    }

    let d = b - 1;
    let f = n - a;
    let g = std::cmp::max(d, f);
    ans = std::cmp::min(ans, g);

    let h = n - b;
    let i = a - 1;

    let j = b - i - 1;
    if j >= 0 && j % 2 == 0 {
        ans = std::cmp::min(ans, j / 2 + i);
    } else if j - 1 >= 0 {
        ans = std::cmp::min(ans, (j - 1) / 2 + i + 1);
    }

    let k = n - (a + h);

    if k >= 0 && k % 2 == 0 {
        ans = std::cmp::min(ans, k / 2 + h);
    } else if k - 1 >= 0 {
        ans = std::cmp::min(ans, (k - 1) / 2 + h + 1);
    }

    mydbg!(a, b, c, d, f, g, h, i, j, k);

    println!("{}", ans);
}


Measured memory_bytes: 4352