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Sanae, Cross and Color

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binary search data structures implementation

Original problem

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A coloring is not really about the exact integers $k_1,k_2$ . It only cares which points are on the left of the vertical line and which points are below the horizontal line.

For a fixed vertical cut, ask: for which horizontal cuts do both the left side and the right side have at least one point below and at least one point above?

For any set of points $S$ , a horizontal cut $y=k+0.5$ splits $S$ into nonempty bottom/top parts iff

\min_y(S) \le k < \max_y(S).

So for a fixed vertical cut with point sets $L$ and $R$ , valid horizontal thresholds satisfy

\max(\min_y(L),\min_y(R)) \le k < \min(\max_y(L),\max_y(R)).

Now remember: different $k$ values can still give the same coloring if no point has a $y$ -coordinate crossed.

Sweep vertical cuts from left to right. Maintain $\min/\max y$ on the left and right. For each distinct vertical coloring, add the number of distinct existing $y$ -coordinates in

[\max(\min_L,\min_R),\ \min(\max_L,\max_R)).

Use a prefix array over present $y$ -coordinates to count that in $O(1)$ .

Key observation: cuts are prefixes

The exact values of $k_1$ and $k_2$ are a red herring. Since all coordinates are integers, moving a cut inside an empty gap changes absolutely nothing. A vertical cut only determines the set

L=\{p_i : x_i \le k_1\},

and a horizontal cut only determines

B=\{p_i : y_i \le k_2\}.

The color of a point is determined by membership in $L$ and $B$ . So two choices produce the same coloring iff they produce the same vertical prefix and the same horizontal prefix.

Thus, we should count pairs of distinct vertical/horizontal prefixes such that all four quadrants are nonempty.

Fix the vertical cut

Suppose the vertical cut is fixed. Let

$L$ be points on the left,
$R$ be points on the right.

A horizontal threshold $k$ is valid iff both $L$ and $R$ contain at least one point below/equal to $k$ and at least one point above $k$ .

For a set $S$ , this is equivalent to

\min_y(S) \le k < \max_y(S).

So for both sides simultaneously, $k$ must satisfy

\max(\min_y(L),\min_y(R)) \le k < \min(\max_y(L),\max_y(R)).

Define

lo=\max(\min_y(L),\min_y(R)),

hi=\min(\max_y(L),\max_y(R)).

Then valid horizontal cuts are those with

lo \le k < hi.

But we count distinct colorings, not integer values of $k$ . A horizontal prefix changes only when $k$ reaches an existing $y$ -coordinate. Therefore, for this fixed vertical cut, the number of distinct valid horizontal colorings is:

\#\{y : y \text{ appears among the points and } lo \le y < hi\}.

This can be answered in $O(1)$ with a prefix array over present $y$ -coordinates.

Sweep vertical cuts

Coordinates satisfy $1 \le x_i,y_i \le n$ , so we can bucket points by $x$ and sweep $x=1\ldots n$ .

During the sweep:

move all points with current $x$ from right to left,
maintain $\min_y,\max_y$ for the left side,
maintain frequencies of $y$ on the right side, plus two pointers for right-side min/max,
after processing a nonempty $x$ -bucket, we have one new distinct vertical prefix.

If the right side is still nonempty, compute

lo=\max(\min_L,\min_R), \qquad hi=\min(\max_L,\max_R),

and add

pref[hi-1]-pref[lo-1]

if $lo<hi$ , where $pref[v]$ is the number of distinct present $y$ -coordinates at most $v$ .

No double counting happens: changing the vertical prefix changes at least one point from left-color to right-color or vice versa. Changing the horizontal prefix changes at least one point from bottom-color to top-color or vice versa. So every counted pair is a unique coloring.

Complexity

Each point is moved once, and the min/max pointers only move monotonically. Therefore the sweep is linear.

O(n)

per test case, and

O\left(\sum n\right)

over all test cases. Memory is $O(n)$ . Fast, clean, no sorting tax. Nice.

#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;

using ll = long long;

void setIO() {
    ios::sync_with_stdio(false);
    cin.tie(nullptr);
}

int main() {
    setIO();

    int T;
    cin >> T;
    while (T--) {
        int n;
        cin >> n;

        vector<int> head(n + 2, -1), nxt(n), ys(n);
        vector<int> freqY(n + 2, 0), pref(n + 1, 0);

        for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
            int x, y;
            cin >> x >> y;
            ys[i] = y;
            nxt[i] = head[x];
            head[x] = i;
            freqY[y]++;
        }

        for (int y = 1; y <= n; y++) {
            pref[y] = pref[y - 1] + (freqY[y] > 0);
        }

        int mnL = n + 1, mxL = 0;
        int mnR = 1, mxR = n;

        while (mnR <= n && freqY[mnR] == 0) mnR++;
        while (mxR >= 1 && freqY[mxR] == 0) mxR--;

        int cntL = 0;
        ll ans = 0;

        for (int x = 1; x <= n; x++) {
            if (head[x] == -1) continue;

            for (int id = head[x]; id != -1; id = nxt[id]) {
                int y = ys[id];
                cntL++;
                mnL = min(mnL, y);
                mxL = max(mxL, y);
                freqY[y]--;
            }

            while (mnR <= n && freqY[mnR] == 0) mnR++;
            while (mxR >= 1 && freqY[mxR] == 0) mxR--;

            // This vertical prefix is usable only if there are points on both sides.
            if (cntL < n) {
                int lo = max(mnL, mnR);
                int hi = min(mxL, mxR);

                if (lo < hi) {
                    ans += pref[hi - 1] - pref[lo - 1];
                }
            }
        }

        cout << ans << '\n';
    }

    return 0;
}

#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;

using ll = long long;

void setIO() {
    ios::sync_with_stdio(false);
    cin.tie(nullptr);
}

int main() {
    setIO();

    int T;
    cin >> T;
    while (T--) {
        int n;
        cin >> n;

        vector<int> head(n + 2, -1), nxt(n), ys(n);
        vector<int> freqY(n + 2, 0), pref(n + 1, 0);

        for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
            int x, y;
            cin >> x >> y;
            ys[i] = y;
            nxt[i] = head[x];
            head[x] = i;
            freqY[y]++;
        }

        for (int y = 1; y <= n; y++) {
            pref[y] = pref[y - 1] + (freqY[y] > 0);
        }

        int mnL = n + 1, mxL = 0;
        int mnR = 1, mxR = n;

        while (mnR <= n && freqY[mnR] == 0) mnR++;
        while (mxR >= 1 && freqY[mxR] == 0) mxR--;

        int cntL = 0;
        ll ans = 0;

        for (int x = 1; x <= n; x++) {
            if (head[x] == -1) continue;

            for (int id = head[x]; id != -1; id = nxt[id]) {
                int y = ys[id];
                cntL++;
                mnL = min(mnL, y);
                mxL = max(mxL, y);
                freqY[y]--;
            }

            while (mnR <= n && freqY[mnR] == 0) mnR++;
            while (mxR >= 1 && freqY[mxR] == 0) mxR--;

            // This vertical prefix is usable only if there are points on both sides.
            if (cntL < n) {
                int lo = max(mnL, mnR);
                int hi = min(mxL, mxR);

                if (lo < hi) {
                    ans += pref[hi - 1] - pref[lo - 1];
                }
            }
        }

        cout << ans << '\n';
    }

    return 0;
}

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