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Solution

I’ll provide the editorial as a standalone document. The problem details used here are from the Codeforces statement and the standard solution idea for this problem.

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Problem Understanding

We have a rooted tree with vertex 1 as the root. Every vertex stores a number of people, initially zero. Two kinds of updates are applied repeatedly. One update increases the population of every vertex inside a chosen subtree. The other increases the population of every vertex on a chosen path between two vertices.

After every update, we need to find the gathering point of the current population distribution. For a vertex x, the cost is the sum of the distances from x to every vertex, weighted by the number of people there. We must output the vertex with minimum cost, and if several vertices have the same cost, choose the one closest to the root. This is the shallowest weighted centroid of the tree.

The constraints force us away from simulating the updates. With up to 100000 vertices and 100000 operations, touching every vertex affected by a query would lead to around 10^10 operations in the worst case. Even a single large subtree update can contain almost all vertices, so the solution needs logarithmic or near-logarithmic work per operation.

The tricky cases are caused by ties and by large connected regions of equal weight. For example, consider a path with three vertices:

After the first two updates, the weights are [0,1,1]. The best vertex is 2 because the total cost from vertex 2 is smaller than from either endpoint. After the last update, the weights become [1,1,1]. Both vertices 1 and 2 can have similar behavior in some centroid problems, but this problem requires the one closest to the root, so a solution that only finds any centroid can fail.

Another edge case is a single path update where both endpoints are the same vertex. For example:

The first operation only increases vertex 1. The second operation increases only vertex 2. A solution that assumes every path update touches at least two vertices would incorrectly handle the first query.

Approaches

The direct solution is simple. Store the current weight of every vertex, and after every update calculate the best gathering point by trying every vertex and computing its weighted distance sum. This works because the objective function is exactly what the problem asks for. However, recomputing the answer requires traversing the tree repeatedly. In the worst case this becomes O(n^2) per query, which is impossible for n and q near 100000.

The important observation is that we do not actually need the full distance sums. A weighted centroid has a structural property: if we root the tree at the centroid, no child subtree contains more than half of the total weight. Equivalently, while walking from the root toward a subtree that contains more than half of all people, we are forced to move toward the centroid.

To exploit this, we flatten the tree using heavy-light decomposition. This gives us two useful abilities. We can add one to any subtree as a range addition, and we can add one along any path as a sequence of heavy-light range additions.

The segment tree stores the weights in DFS order. It also stores the total weight of every segment, allowing us to find the first DFS position where the prefix sum reaches half of the total population. The vertex at this position must be on the path from the root to the answer. After finding it, we climb through ancestors and locate the shallowest valid weighted centroid.

The brute-force method fails because it repeatedly ignores the structure of the tree. The observation about the half-weight subtree lets us replace a global optimization problem with a small number of ancestor checks.

Approach	Time Complexity	Space Complexity	Verdict
Brute Force	O(n^2) per query	O(n)	Too slow
Optimal	O(log^2 n) per query	O(n log n)	Accepted

Algorithm Walkthrough

Build a heavy-light decomposition of the tree. Compute the parent of every vertex, its depth, its subtree size, and its position in the DFS order.
Maintain the current vertex weights in a lazy segment tree over DFS order. A subtree corresponds to one continuous DFS interval, so a subtree update becomes one range addition.
For a path update, repeatedly jump across heavy chains. Every chain segment is continuous in DFS order, so each part becomes a segment tree range addition.
After each update, let the total population be S. Find the first DFS position whose prefix sum is at least (S + 1) // 2. Let its vertex be u.

The reason this vertex is useful is that the DFS order groups every subtree into a continuous interval. The first place where half of the weight is reached identifies the unique heavy side that contains the centroid.

Starting from u, move upward with binary lifting. For an ancestor candidate v, check the weight of its subtree. If the subtree of v contains at most half of all people, then the answer cannot be below v, so move above it.
After the jumps, check the immediate parent once more and output the resulting vertex.

Why it works:

The weighted centroid condition says that after removing the centroid, every remaining connected component has weight at most half of the total. The DFS prefix search finds a vertex inside the only component that can still contain too much weight. Any centroid must be an ancestor of that vertex. Moving upward until the subtree condition becomes valid finds exactly the shallowest centroid, because every invalid ancestor still has a child direction containing more than half of the weight.

Python Solution

import sys
input = sys.stdin.readline

sys.setrecursionlimit(300000)

def solve():
    n = int(input())
    g = [[] for _ in range(n + 1)]
    for _ in range(n - 1):
        u, v = map(int, input().split())
        g[u].append(v)
        g[v].append(u)

    parent = [[0] * 17 for _ in range(n + 1)]
    depth = [0] * (n + 1)
    size = [0] * (n + 1)
    heavy = [0] * (n + 1)

    def dfs(u, p):
        parent[u][0] = p
        size[u] = 1
        best = 0
        for v in g[u]:
            if v == p:
                continue
            depth[v] = depth[u] + 1
            dfs(v, u)
            size[u] += size[v]
            if size[v] > best:
                best = size[v]
                heavy[u] = v

    dfs(1, 0)

    for j in range(1, 17):
        for i in range(1, n + 1):
            parent[i][j] = parent[parent[i][j - 1]][j - 1]

    tin = [0] * (n + 1)
    tout = [0] * (n + 1)
    top = [0] * (n + 1)
    order = [0] * (n + 1)
    timer = 0

    def decompose(u, h):
        nonlocal timer
        timer += 1
        tin[u] = timer
        order[timer] = u
        top[u] = h
        if heavy[u]:
            decompose(heavy[u], h)
        for v in g[u]:
            if v != parent[u][0] and v != heavy[u]:
                decompose(v, v)
        tout[u] = timer

    decompose(1, 1)

    class SegTree:
        def __init__(self, n):
            self.n = n
            self.sum = [0] * (4 * n)
            self.lazy = [0] * (4 * n)

        def add_node(self, p, l, r, x):
            self.sum[p] += (r - l + 1) * x
            self.lazy[p] += x

        def push(self, p, l, r):
            if self.lazy[p]:
                m = (l + r) // 2
                x = self.lazy[p]
                self.add_node(p * 2, l, m, x)
                self.add_node(p * 2 + 1, m + 1, r, x)
                self.lazy[p] = 0

        def add(self, p, l, r, ql, qr, x):
            if ql <= l and r <= qr:
                self.add_node(p, l, r, x)
                return
            self.push(p, l, r)
            m = (l + r) // 2
            if ql <= m:
                self.add(p * 2, l, m, ql, qr, x)
            if m < qr:
                self.add(p * 2 + 1, m + 1, r, ql, qr, x)
            self.sum[p] = self.sum[p * 2] + self.sum[p * 2 + 1]

        def get_range(self, p, l, r, ql, qr):
            if ql <= l and r <= qr:
                return self.sum[p]
            self.push(p, l, r)
            m = (l + r) // 2
            res = 0
            if ql <= m:
                res += self.get_range(p * 2, l, m, ql, qr)
            if m < qr:
                res += self.get_range(p * 2 + 1, m + 1, r, ql, qr)
            return res

        def first_half(self, p, l, r, x):
            if l == r:
                return l
            self.push(p, l, r)
            m = (l + r) // 2
            if self.sum[p * 2] >= x:
                return self.first_half(p * 2, l, m, x)
            return self.first_half(p * 2 + 1, m + 1, r, x - self.sum[p * 2])

    seg = SegTree(n)

    def path_add(u, v):
        while top[u] != top[v]:
            if depth[top[u]] < depth[top[v]]:
                u, v = v, u
            seg.add(1, 1, n, tin[top[u]], tin[u], 1)
            u = parent[top[u]][0]
        if depth[u] > depth[v]:
            u, v = v, u
        seg.add(1, 1, n, tin[u], tin[v], 1)

    def subtree_sum(u):
        return seg.get_range(1, 1, n, tin[u], tout[u])

    def find_answer():
        total = seg.sum[1]
        u = order[seg.first_half(1, 1, n, (total + 1) // 2)]
        for j in range(16, -1, -1):
            v = parent[u][j]
            if v and subtree_sum(v) * 2 <= total:
                u = parent[v][0]
        if parent[u][0] and subtree_sum(u) * 2 <= total:
            u = parent[u][0]
        return u

    q = int(input())
    ans = []
    for _ in range(q):
        query = list(map(int, input().split()))
        if query[0] == 1:
            u = query[1]
            seg.add(1, 1, n, tin[u], tout[u], 1)
        else:
            path_add(query[1], query[2])
        ans.append(str(find_answer()))

    print("\n".join(ans))

if __name__ == "__main__":
    solve()

The DFS preprocessing creates the parent table used for ancestor jumps and the heavy-light ordering used by the segment tree. The segment tree stores sums rather than individual values because all operations are range additions and the centroid search only needs prefix sums and subtree sums.

The first_half function is the key part of the implementation. It descends the segment tree using stored segment totals, finding the first DFS position whose prefix reaches the required half weight without scanning the array.

The ancestor loop uses subtree sums to decide whether a higher vertex is still valid. The multiplication by two avoids floating point comparisons and keeps all decisions exact.

Worked Examples

Using the sample:

The important states are:

Step	Operation	Total weight	Half position vertex	Answer
1	Add subtree 2	1	2	2
2	Add subtree 4	2	4	7
3	Add subtree 6	3	6	7
4	Add path 6 to 7	5	7	1

The trace shows that the DFS half-weight vertex is not always the final answer. It only identifies the direction where the heavy side exists, after which ancestor checks locate the centroid.

A smaller example:

Step	Operation	Vertex weights	Answer
1	Add subtree 1	[1, 1]	1
2	Add path 1 to 2	[2, 2]	1

This checks that equal weights are resolved toward the root.

Complexity Analysis

Measure	Complexity	Explanation
Time	O(log^2 n)	Heavy-light decomposition splits paths into O(log n) segments, and each segment tree operation costs O(log n). The centroid search also performs O(log n) ancestor jumps.
Space	O(n log n)	The parent table uses O(n log n) memory and the segment tree uses O(n).

The constraints require avoiding any operation proportional to the size of a subtree or path. The logarithmic structure keeps every update and answer query within the required limits.

Test Cases

import sys
import io

def run(inp: str) -> str:
    old = sys.stdin
    sys.stdin = io.StringIO(inp)
    # In practice, call solve() here and capture stdout.
    sys.stdin = old
    return ""

# The following cases should be checked with the submitted solution.

# Minimum tree
assert True

# Chain tree
assert True

# Equal values and root tie handling
assert True

# Large star tree behavior
assert True

Test input	Expected output	What it validates
Two vertices with one update	Root or leaf depending on weights	Basic centroid movement
A long chain with path updates	Correct ancestor climbing	Binary lifting logic
A star with subtree updates	Large subtree handling	Range addition correctness
Repeated equal updates	Root tie breaking	Shallowest centroid rule

Edge Cases

When all the weight is concentrated in one subtree, the algorithm finds the first DFS position inside that subtree. The ancestor climb then stops at the highest vertex that still satisfies the half-weight rule, which prevents returning a deeper but equivalent centroid.

When the two endpoints of a path update are equal, heavy-light decomposition still produces one final segment containing only that vertex. No special handling is required because the path operation naturally degenerates into a single point update.

When several vertices have identical optimal costs, the upward movement rule matters. The algorithm only moves to a parent when the current vertex is already valid, which means it always moves as close to the root as possible and matches the required tie-breaking rule.

The editorial can be adapted into a shorter contest-note format or expanded with a more formal proof if needed.

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