# POJ1064 Cable master

## Description

Inhabitants of the Wonderland have decided to hold a regional programming contest. The Judging Committee has volunteered and has promised to organize the most honest contest ever. It was decided to connect computers for the contestants using a "star" topology - i.e. connect them all to a single central hub. To organize a truly honest contest, the Head of the Judging Committee has decreed to place all contestants evenly around the hub on an equal distance from it.

# lower_bound()和upper_bound()的使用

## Description

Jessica's a very lovely girl wooed by lots of boys. Recently she has a problem. The final exam is coming, yet she has spent little time on it. If she wants to pass it, she has to master all ideas included in a very thick text book. The author of that text book, like other authors, is extremely fussy about the ideas, thus some ideas are covered more than once. Jessica think if she managed to read each idea at least once, she can pass the exam. She decides to read only one contiguous part of the book which contains all ideas covered by the entire book. And of course, the sub-book should be as thin as possible.

# POJ3061 Subsequence

## Description

A sequence of N positive integers (10 < N < 100 000), each of them less than or equal 10000, and a positive integer S (S < 100 000 000) are given. Write a program to find the minimal length of the subsequence of consecutive elements of the sequence, the sum of which is greater than or equal to S.

# POJ2456 Aggressive cows

## Description

Farmer John has built a new long barn, with N (2 <= N <= 100,000) stalls. The stalls are located along a straight line at positions x1,...,xN (0 <= xi <= 1,000,000,000).

# 并查集

## 并查集是什么

• 查询元素 a 和元素 b 是否属于同一组。
• 合并元素 a 和元素 b 所在的组。

# POJ3614 Sunscreen

## Description

To avoid unsightly burns while tanning, each of the C (1 ≤ C ≤ 2500) cows must cover her hide with sunscreen when they're at the beach. Cow i has a minimum and maximum SPF rating (1 ≤ minSPFi ≤ 1,000; minSPFimaxSPFi ≤ 1,000) that will work. If the SPF rating is too low, the cow suffers sunburn; if the SPF rating is too high, the cow doesn't tan at all........