Problem Link :
http://uva.onlinejudge.org/index.php?option=com_onlinejudge&Itemid=8&category=24&page=show_problem&problem=2529
http://www.lightoj.com/volume_showproblem.php?problem=1401
Solutiono Idea: Straight Forward Grundy theory. Think a gap as a nim pile.
#include <bits/stdc++.h> //#include <ext/pb_ds/assoc_container.hpp> //#include <ext/pb_ds/tree_policy.hpp> #define pii pair <int,int> #define pll pair <long long,long long> #define sc scanf #define pf printf #define Pi 2*acos(0.0) #define ms(a,b) memset(a, b, sizeof(a)) #define pb(a) push_back(a) #define MP make_pair #define db double #define ll long long #define EPS 10E-10 #define ff first #define ss second #define sqr(x) (x)*(x) #define D(x) cerr<<#x " = "<<(x)<<endl #define VI vector <int> #define DBG pf("Hi\n") #define MOD 1000000007 #define CIN ios_base::sync_with_stdio(0); cin.tie(0); cout.tie(0) #define SZ(a) (int)a.size() #define sf(a) scanf("%d",&a) #define sfl(a) scanf("%lld",&a) #define sff(a,b) scanf("%d %d",&a,&b) #define sffl(a,b) scanf("%lld %lld",&a,&b) #define sfff(a,b,c) scanf("%d %d %d",&a,&b,&c) #define sfffl(a,b,c) scanf("%lld %lld %lld",&a,&b,&c) #define stlloop(v) for(__typeof(v.begin()) it=v.begin();it!=v.end();it++) #define loop(i,n) for(int i=0;i<n;i++) #define loop1(i,n) for(int i=1;i<=n;i++) #define REP(i,a,b) for(int i=a;i<b;i++) #define RREP(i,a,b) for(int i=a;i>=b;i--) #define TEST_CASE(t) for(int z=1;z<=t;z++) #define PRINT_CASE printf("Case %d: ",z) #define LINE_PRINT_CASE printf("Case %d:\n",z) #define CASE_PRINT cout<<"Case "<<z<<": " #define all(a) a.begin(),a.end() #define intlim 2147483648 #define infinity (1<<28) #define ull unsigned long long #define gcd(a, b) __gcd(a, b) #define lcm(a, b) ((a)*((b)/gcd(a,b))) using namespace std; //using namespace __gnu_pbds; //typedef tree<int, null_type, less<int>, rb_tree_tag, tree_order_statistics_node_update> ordered_set; /*----------------------Graph Moves----------------*/ //const int fx[]={+1,-1,+0,+0}; //const int fy[]={+0,+0,+1,-1}; //const int fx[]={+0,+0,+1,-1,-1,+1,-1,+1}; // Kings Move //const int fy[]={-1,+1,+0,+0,+1,+1,-1,-1}; // Kings Move //const int fx[]={-2, -2, -1, -1, 1, 1, 2, 2}; // Knights Move //const int fy[]={-1, 1, -2, 2, -2, 2, -1, 1}; // Knights Move /*------------------------------------------------*/ /*-----------------------Bitmask------------------*/ //int Set(int N,int pos){return N=N | (1<<pos);} //int reset(int N,int pos){return N= N & ~(1<<pos);} //bool check(int N,int pos){return (bool)(N & (1<<pos));} /*------------------------------------------------*/ char str[201]; int dp[102][3][3]; int grundy(int len, int lft, int rgt) { if(len<=0) return 0; if(len==1 && lft==rgt && lft!=2) return 1; if(len==1 && lft!=rgt && lft!=2 && rgt!=2 ) return 0; int &ret=dp[len][lft][rgt]; if(ret!=-1) return ret; set<int>st; for(int i=1; i<=len; i++) { int a=0,b=0; if(i==1) { if(lft!=0) {a=grundy(i-1,lft,0)^grundy(len-i,0,rgt);st.insert(a);} if(lft!=1) {b=grundy(i-1,lft,1)^grundy(len-i,1,rgt);st.insert(b);} } else if(i==len) { if(rgt!=0) {a=grundy(i-1,lft,0)^grundy(len-i,0,rgt);st.insert(a);} if(rgt!=1) {b=grundy(i-1,lft,1)^grundy(len-i,1,rgt);st.insert(b);} } else { a=grundy(i-1,lft,0)^grundy(len-i,0,rgt); b=grundy(i-1,lft,1)^grundy(len-i,1,rgt); st.insert(a); st.insert(b); } } int x=0; while(st.find(x)!=st.end()) x++; return ret=x; } int main() { // freopen("in.txt","r",stdin); // freopen("out.txt","w",stdout); int t; sf(t); ms(dp,-1); TEST_CASE(t) { scanf(" %s",str); int ans=0; int len=strlen(str); int last=-1; for(int i=0; i<len; i++) { if(str[i]!='.') { if(str[i]=='O') { ans^=grundy(i-last-1,2,0); } else { ans^=grundy(i-last-1,2,1); } last=i; break; } } for(int i=last+1; i<len; i++) { if(str[i]!='.') { if(str[i]=='O') { ans^=grundy(i-last-1,str[last]=='X',0); } else { ans^=grundy(i-last-1,str[last]=='X',1); } last=i; } } if(last==-1) ans^=grundy(len-last-1,2,2); else ans^=grundy(len-last-1,str[last]=='X',2); // PRINT_CASE; int cnt=0; for(int i=0; i<len; i++) cnt+=(str[i]!='.'); if(cnt%2==0) { if(ans) printf("Possible.\n"); else printf("Impossible.\n"); } else { if(ans==0) printf("Possible.\n"); else printf("Impossible.\n"); } } return 0; }