Binary search on the answer solves minimize-the-maximum and capacity problems by guessing the result and checking feasibility in a monotone predicate. The signal is spotting monotonicity and writing a clean feasibility function. Here is the answer.
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Binary search on the answer solves minimize-the-maximum and capacity problems by guessing the result and checking feasibility in a monotone predicate. The signal is spotting monotonicity and writing a clean feasibility function. Here is the answer.
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