//#pragma GCC optimize("Ofast")
//#pragma GCC target("avx,avx2,fma")
#include <bits/stdc++.h>
#define all(x) std::begin(x), std::end(x)
#define isz(x) (int)std::size(x)
const auto io_sync_off = [](){std::ios_base::sync_with_stdio(0);std::cin.tie(0);return 0;}();
// Debug defines:
#define watch(x) std::cerr << std::setw(12) << #x << " = " << std::setw(12) << x
#define watchln(x) watch(x) << std::endl
#define watchsp(x) watch(x) << " "
#define cerr cerr && debug && std::cerr
const int debug = 0;
namespace std {
    // 2D arrays:
    template<typename T, int N, int M> auto size(const T (&a)[N][M]) { return N * M; }
    template<typename T, int N, int M> auto begin(T (&a)[N][M]) { return &a[0][0]; }
    template<typename T, int N, int M> auto end(T (&a)[N][M]) { return &a[0][0] + N * M; }
    // 3D arrays:
    template<typename T, int N, int M, int K> auto size(const T (&a)[N][M][K]) { return N * M * K; }
    template<typename T, int N, int M, int K> auto begin(T (&a)[N][M][K]) { return &a[0][0][0]; }
    template<typename T, int N, int M, int K> auto end(T (&a)[N][M][K]) { return &a[0][0][0] + N * M * K; }
    // Algorithms:
    template<typename C> void reuniq(C& c) { c.erase(unique(all(c)), end(c)); }
    template<typename C, typename X> int lowpos(C& c, X& x) {
        return int(lower_bound(all(c), x) - begin(c));
    }
    template<typename X, typename Y> X& remin(X& x, const Y& y) { return x = (y < x) ? y : x; }
    template<typename X, typename Y> X& remax(X& x, const Y& y) { return x = (x < y) ? y : x; }
}
// Comparators:
template<typename A, typename B> bool operator >(const A& a, const B& b) { return b < a; }
template<typename A, typename B> bool operator<=(const A& a, const B& b) { return !(a > b); }
template<typename A, typename B> bool operator>=(const A& a, const B& b) { return !(a < b); }
template<typename A, typename B> bool operator!=(const A& a, const B& b) { return a < b || b < a; }
template<typename A, typename B> bool operator==(const A& a, const B& b) { return !(a != b); }
// Input:
template<typename T> std::istream& operator>>(std::istream& is, std::vector<T>& vec) {
    for (auto &it : vec) is >> it;
    return is;
}
// Output:
template<typename A, typename B> std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os, const std::pair<A,B>& pt) {
    return os << "{" << pt.first << ", " << pt.second << "}";
}
template<typename T> std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os, const std::vector<T>& vec) {
    os << "{";
    for (int i = 0; i < isz(vec); i++) {
        if (i > 0) os << ", ";
        os << vec[i];
    }
    return os << "}";
}
template<typename T> std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os, const std::set<T>& vec) {
    os << "{";
    for (auto it = vec.begin(); it != vec.end(); it++) {
        if (it != vec.begin()) { os << ", "; }
        os << *it;
    }
    return os << "}";
}
// Defines:
using ll = long long;
using ull = unsigned long long;
using ld = long double;
using vi = std::vector<int>;
using vl = std::vector<ll>;
using vvi = std::vector<vi>;
using vvl = std::vector<vl>;
using pii = std::pair<int,int>;
using pil = std::pair<int,ll>;
using pli = std::pair<ll,int>;
using pll = std::pair<ll,ll>;
// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
ll solve(ll a, ll b, ll n) {
    if ((b - a) % 2 == 0) {
        return (b - a) / 2;
    }
    assert(a < b);
    return std::min(a+solve(1,b-a,n),n-b+1+solve(a+(n-b+1),n,n));
}
int main() {
    // solution
    ll n, a, b;
    while (std::cin >> n >> a >> b) {
        std::cout << solve(a,b,n) << std::endl;
    }
    return 0;
}

Measured memory_bytes: 256