Problem:


Score : 600 points

Problem Statement

We have a tree with N vertices. The i-th edge connects Vertex A_i and B_i bidirectionally.

Takahashi is standing at Vertex u, and Aoki is standing at Vertex v.

Now, they will play a game of tag as follows:

1. If Takahashi and Aoki are standing at the same vertex, the game ends. Otherwise, Takahashi moves to a vertex of his choice that is adjacent to his current vertex.

2. If Takahashi and Aoki are standing at the same vertex, the game ends. Otherwise, Aoki moves to a vertex of his choice that is adjacent to his current vertex.

3. Go back to step 1.

Takahashi performs his moves so that the game ends as late as possible, while Aoki performs his moves so that the game ends as early as possible.

Find the number of moves Aoki will perform before the end of the game if both Takahashi and Aoki know each other's position and strategy.

It can be proved that the game is bound to end.

Constraints

2 \leq N \leq 10^5

1 \leq u,v \leq N

u \neq v

1 \leq A_i,B_i \leq N

The given graph is a tree.

Input

Input is given from Standard Input in the following format:

N u v
A_1 B_1
:
A_{N-1} B_{N-1}

Output

Print the number of moves Aoki will perform before the end of the game.

Sample Input 1

5 4 1
1 2
2 3
3 4
3 5

Sample Output 1

2

If both players play optimally, the game will progress as follows:

Takahashi moves to Vertex 3.

Aoki moves to Vertex 2.

Takahashi moves to Vertex 5.

Aoki moves to Vertex 3.

Takahashi moves to Vertex 3.

Here, Aoki performs two moves.

Note that, in each move, it is prohibited to stay at the current vertex.

Sample Input 2

5 4 5
1 2
1 3
1 4
1 5

Sample Output 2

1

Sample Input 3

2 1 2
1 2

Sample Output 3

0

Sample Input 4

9 6 1
1 2
2 3
3 4
4 5
5 6
4 7
7 8
8 9

Sample Output 4

5



Sample input:
5 4 1
1 2
2 3
3 4
3 5


Sample output:
2

Submission status: Runtime Error

Solution code:
N,U,V = map(int,input().split())
U,V = U-1, V-1

adj = [list() for _ in range(N)]

for _ in range(N-1):
    a,b = map(int,input().split())
    adj[a-1].append(b-1)
    adj[b-1].append(a-1)



dist_u = [None]*N
dist_u[U] = 0
stack = [U]

while stack:
    x = stack.pop()
    d = dist_u[x]+1
    for y in adj[x]:
        if dist_u[y] is None:
            dist_u[y] = d
            stack.append(y)


dist_v = [None]*N
dist_v[V] = 0
stack = [V]

while stack:
    x = stack.pop()
    d = dist_v[x]+1
    for y in adj[x]:
        if dist_v[y] is None:
            dist_v[y] = d
            stack.append(y)

m,n = max((a,b) for a,b in zip(dist_u, dist_v) if a < b)
print(n-(m-n)%2)N,U,V = map(int,input().split())
U,V = U-1, V-1

adj = [list() for _ in range(N)]

for _ in range(N-1):
    a,b = map(int,input().split())
    adj[a-1].append(b-1)
    adj[b-1].append(a-1)



dist_u = [None]*N
dist_u[U] = 0
stack = [U]

while stack:
    x = stack.pop()
    d = dist_u[x]+1
    for y in adj[x]:
        if dist_u[y] is None:
            dist_u[y] = d
            stack.append(y)


dist_v = [None]*N
dist_v[V] = 0
stack = [V]

while stack:
    x = stack.pop()
    d = dist_v[x]+1
    for y in adj[x]:
        if dist_v[y] is None:
            dist_v[y] = d
            stack.append(y)

m,n = max((a,b) for a,b in zip(dist_u, dist_v) if a < b)
print(n-(m-n)%2)

Submission status: Runtime Error

Solution code:
import sys


def dfs(v, parent, depth):
    parents[v] = parent
    self_depths[v] = depth
    sd = 0
    for u in links[v]:
        if u == parent:
            continue
        res = dfs(u, v, depth + 1)
        sd = max(sd, res + 1)

    subtree_depths[v] = sd
    return sd


def solve(u, v):
    ans = 0
    catch = self_depths[u] // 2
    while self_depths[u] > catch:
        ans = max(ans, self_depths[u] + subtree_depths[u] - 1)
        u = parents[u]
    return ans


n, u, v = map(int, input().split())
u -= 1
v -= 1
links = [set() for _ in range(n)]
for line in sys.stdin:
    a, b = map(int, line.split())
    a -= 1
    b -= 1
    links[a].add(b)
    links[b].add(a)

parents = [-1] * n
self_depths = [0] * n
subtree_depths = [0] * n
dfs(v, -1, 0)
# print(parents)
# print(self_depths)
# print(subtree_depths)
print(solve(u, v))

Submission status: Runtime Error

Solution code:
n,u,v=map(int,input().split())
visitedlist=[-1 for  i in range(n)]
kilist=[[] for i in range(n)]
anslist=[0 for i in range(n)]
searchedlist=[-1 for i in range(n)]
for i in range(n-1):
        a,b=map(int,input().split())
        kilist[a-1].append(b)
        kilist[b-1].append(a)
def search(P):
        searchedlist[P-1]=1
        visitedlist[P-1]=1
        flag=0
        for j in kilist[P-1]:
            if visitedlist[j-1]<0:
                visitedlist[j-1]=1
                flag+=1
                anslist[j-1]=anslist[P-1]+1
        else:
            pass

        if flag>0:    
            for k in kilist[P-1]:
                if searchedlist[k-1]==-1:
                    search(k)
search(v)
if v<u:
	print(anslist[u]-1)
else:
  if u>1:
  	print(v-u)
  else:
    print(v-2)

Submission status: Runtime Error

Solution code:
import sys


def dfs(v, parent, depth):
    parents[v] = parent
    self_depths[v] = depth
    sd = 0
    for u in links[v]:
        if u == parent:
            continue
        res = dfs(u, v, depth + 1)
        sd = max(sd, res + 1)

    subtree_depths[v] = sd
    return sd


def solve(u, v):
    ans = 0
    while u != v:
        ans = max(ans, self_depths[u] + subtree_depths[u] - 1)
        u = parents[u]
    return ans


n, u, v = map(int, input().split())
u -= 1
v -= 1
links = [set() for _ in range(n)]
for line in sys.stdin:
    a, b = map(int, line.split())
    a -= 1
    b -= 1
    links[a].add(b)
    links[b].add(a)

parents = [-1] * n
self_depths = [0] * n
subtree_depths = [0] * n
dfs(v, -1, 0)
# print(parents)
# print(self_depths)
# print(subtree_depths)
print(solve(u, v))

Submission status: Runtime Error

Solution code:
import numpy as np
from scipy.sparse.csgraph import shortest_path, floyd_warshall, dijkstra, bellman_ford, johnson
from scipy.sparse import csr_matrix
N,u,v = map(int,input().split())
u -= 1
v -= 1
ed = [[0]*N for _ in range(N)]
for _ in range(N-1):
    A,B = map(int,input().split())
    ed[A-1][B-1] = 1
    ed[B-1][A-1] = 1
csr = csr_matrix(ed)
ans = int(max(shortest_path(csr,indices=v)))
print(ans-1)