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Problems > Courier Convoys

Courier Convoys

Difficulty: 2200 4000 ms 128 MB

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How many pairwise EDGE-disjoint directed paths run from node 1 to node N?

Input: the first line has N and M; each of the next M lines has a directed edge u v.

Output: the maximum number of edge-disjoint 1 → N paths.

Constraints:

  • 2 ≤ N ≤ 500
  • 1 ≤ M ≤ 2000

Sample Tests

Input 1
4 5
1 2
2 4
1 3
3 4
2 3
Output 1
2
Input 2
2 2
1 2
1 2
Output 2
2

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