Your task is to write a program that reads a chessboard configuration and identifies whether a king is under attack (in check). A king is in check if it is on square which can be taken by the opponent on his next move. White pieces will be represented by upper…

<p>A friend of yours has just bought a new computer. Before this, the most powerful machine he ever used was a pocket calculator. He is a little disappointed because he liked the LCD display of his calculator more than the screen on his new computer! To …

蛇形矩阵是由1开始的自然数依次排列成的一个矩阵上三角形。

The Trip A group of students are members of a club that travels annually to different locations. Their destinations in the past have included Indianapolis, Phoenix, Nashville, Philadelphia, San Jose, and Atlanta. This spring they are planning a trip to Eindhov…

我们憨厚的USACO主人公农夫约翰(Farmer John)以无法想象的运气,在他生日那天收到了一份特别的礼物：一张“幸运爱尔兰”（一种彩票）。结果这张彩票让他获得了这次比赛唯一的奖品——坐落于爱尔兰郊外的一座梦幻般的城堡！ 喜欢吹嘘的农夫约翰立刻回到有着吹嘘传统的威斯康辛老家开始吹嘘了, 农夫约翰想要告诉他的奶牛们关于他城堡的一切。他需要做一些吹嘘前的准备工作：比如说知道城堡有多少个房间，每个房间有多大。另外，农夫约翰想要把一面单独的墙（指两个单位间的墙）拆掉以形成一个更大的房间。你的工作就是帮农夫约翰做以上的准…

农夫约翰的奶牛们喜欢通过电邮保持联系，于是她们建立了一个奶牛电脑网络，以便互相交流。这些机器用如下的方式发送电邮：如果存在一个由c台电脑组成的序列a1,a2,...,a(c)，且a1与a2相连，a2与a3相连，等等，那么电脑a1和a(c)就可以互发电邮。 很不幸，有时候奶牛会不小心踩到电脑上，农夫约翰的车也可能碾过电脑，这台倒霉的电脑就会坏掉。这意味着这台电脑不能再发送电邮了，于是与这台电脑相关的连接也就不可用了。 有两头奶牛就想：如果我们两个不能互发电邮，至少需要坏掉多少台电脑呢？请编写一个程序为她们计算这个最小…