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Discussion of Problem 1457. Heating Main

ternary search
Posted by Григорий 1 Oct 2020 21:58
what about ternary search in this task?



Edited by author 01.10.2020 22:01
Re: ternary search
Posted by Neko_r_The_Best 29 Jul 2022 12:20
Well I tried to do so but got wa4.
I also looked at that guy's solution where he just takes the average of all p[i]. And I still cannot understand why it's right bcz, like, it's squared distance not just linear...

Edited by author 29.07.2022 12:21
Re: ternary search
Posted by Kergan 8 Nov 2022 00:32
It's because of the first derivative.