#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;

typedef long long ll;
typedef unsigned long long ull;
typedef pair<ll, ll> P;

#define fi first
#define se second
#define repl(i,a,b) for(ll i=(ll)(a);i<(ll)(b);i++)
#define rep(i,n) repl(i,0,n)
#define all(x) (x).begin(),(x).end()
#define dbg(x) cout<<#x"="<<x<<endl
#define mmax(x,y) (x>y?x:y)
#define mmin(x,y) (x<y?x:y)
#define maxch(x,y) x=mmax(x,y)
#define minch(x,y) x=mmin(x,y)
#define uni(x) x.erase(unique(all(x)),x.end())
#define exist(x,y) (find(all(x),y)!=x.end())
#define bcnt __builtin_popcountll

#define INF 1e16
#define mod 1000000007

int main(){
  cin.tie(0);
  ios::sync_with_stdio(false);

  ll n,a,b;
  cin>>n>>a>>b;
  ll d=b-a;
  if(d%2==0)cout<<d/2<<endl;
  else{
  	ll res=9e18;
  	{
  		minch(res,a+(b-a-1)/2);
  	}
  	{
  		minch(res,n-b+1+(b-a-1)/2);
  	}
  	cout<<res<<endl;
  }

  return 0;
}
