using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Collections.Specialized;
using System.Linq;
using System.Numerics;

namespace AtCoderWorkspace
{
    public class Solver
    {
        public void Solve()
        {
            var cin = new Scanner();
            var n = cin.nextLong();
            var a = cin.nextLong();
            var b = cin.nextLong();

            var d = b - a;
            if (d % 2 == 0)
            {
                Console.WriteLine(d / 2);                
            }
            else
            {                
                
                var al = a - 1;
                var bl = n - b;
                if (d == 1)
                {
                    var l = b - 1;
                    var r = n - a;
                    Console.WriteLine(Math.Min(l, r));
                    
                    return;
                }

                if (al < bl)
                {
                    d = al + 1;
                    var round = (b - d)/2;
                    Console.WriteLine(d + round);
                }
                else
                {
                    d = bl + 1;
                    var round = ((n-a) - d) / 2;
                    Console.WriteLine(d + round);
                }
            }            
        }
    }

    class Scanner
    {
        string[] s;
        int i;

        char[] cs = new char[] { ' ' };

        public Scanner()
        {
            s = new string[0];
            i = 0;
        }

        public string next()
        {
            if (i < s.Length) return s[i++];
            string st = Console.ReadLine();
            while (st == "") st = Console.ReadLine();
            s = st.Split(cs, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);
            if (s.Length == 0) return next();
            i = 0;
            return s[i++];
        }

        public int nextInt()
        {
            return int.Parse(next());
        }
        public int[] ArrayInt(int N, int add = 0)
        {
            int[] Array = new int[N];
            for (int i = 0; i < N; i++)
            {
                Array[i] = nextInt() + add;
            }
            return Array;
        }

        public int[] DPArrayInt(int N, int ex)
        {
            int[] Array = new int[N+ex];
            for (int i = 0; i < N; i++)
            {
                Array[i] = nextInt();
            }
            return Array;
        }

        public long nextLong()
        {
            return long.Parse(next());
        }

        public ulong nextULong()
        {
            return ulong.Parse(next());
        }

        public long[] ArrayLong(int N, long add = 0)
        {
            long[] Array = new long[N];
            for (int i = 0; i < N; i++)
            {
                Array[i] = nextLong() + add;
            }
            return Array;
        }

        public long[] DPArrayLong(int N, int ex)
        {
            long[] Array = new long[N + ex];
            for (int i = 0; i < N; i++)
            {
                Array[i] = nextLong();
            }
            return Array;
        }

        public double nextDouble()
        {
            return double.Parse(next());
        }


        public double[] ArrayDouble(int N, double add = 0)
        {
            double[] Array = new double[N];
            for (int i = 0; i < N; i++)
            {
                Array[i] = nextDouble() + add;
            }
            return Array;
        }
    }   

    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] s) => new Solver().Solve();
    }
}


Measured memory_bytes: 13140