Editorial for CPC '21 Contest 1 P2 - AQT and Multiset
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For the first subtask, it suffices to try possible values of  less than 
. The resulting multisets can be compared with sorting in 
.
Time complexity: 
For the second subtask, we observe that if a value for  exists, there is some 
 such that 
, meaning 
. With this, we have 
 possible candidates for 
: 
.
Time complexity: 
For the final subtask, we will use the fact that  is odd. Let's begin by assuming that we have found a value of 
 which makes the multisets equal. This implies that:
Let's XOR both sides by :
The left hand side has an odd number of copies of , so we have:
We have proven if a solution exists, then it is unique and given by the expression above. All that remains is to check if this value of  works.
Time complexity: 
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