#include <cstdio>
#include <algorithm>
#include <set>
#include <queue>
using namespace std;
const int maxn = 100100;
set<int> adj[maxn];
int grau[maxn];
queue<pair <int,int> > q[2];
int main(){
int n;
int sz;
scanf("%d",&n);
sz=n;
for(int i=0;i<n-1;i++){
int a,b;
scanf("%d %d",&a,&b);
a--,b--;
grau[a]++;
grau[b]++;
adj[a].insert(b);
adj[b].insert(a);
}
for(int i=0;i<n;i++){
if(grau[i]==1){
q[0].push(make_pair(i,0));
}
}
int resp=0;
int x=0;
while(!q[0].empty()||!q[1].empty()){
if(x==0&&sz<=2)break;
int fi=q[x].front().first;
int se=q[x].front().second;
if(se)resp++;
q[x].pop();
sz--;
for(set<int>::iterator it=adj[fi].begin();it!=adj[fi].end();it++){
grau[*it]--;
grau[fi]--;
adj[*it].erase(fi);
if(grau[*it]==1){
q[x^1].push(make_pair(*it,se^1));
}
}
adj[fi].clear();
if(q[x].empty())x^=1;
}
if(sz==2)resp++;
printf("%d\n",resp);
}
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