This submission is migrated from previous version of oj.uz, which used different machine for grading. This submission may have different result if resubmitted.
#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
using idata = vector<int>;
using igrid = vector<idata>;
template <typename A, typename B>
string to_string(pair<A, B> p) {
  return "(" + to_string(p.first) + ", " + to_string(p.second) + ")";
}
string to_string(string s) { return s; }
template <typename T> string to_string(T v) {
	bool first = true;
	string res = "[";
	for (const auto &x : v) {
		if (!first)
			res += ", ";
		first = false;
		res += to_string(x);
	}
	res += "]";
	return res;
}
void dbg_out() { cout << endl; }
template <typename Head, typename... Tail> void dbg_out(Head H, Tail... T) {
	cout << ' ' << to_string(H);
	dbg_out(T...);
}
#ifdef DEBUG
#define dbg(...) cout << "(" << #__VA_ARGS__ << "):", dbg_out(__VA_ARGS__)
#else
#define dbg(...)
#endif
struct Container {
    map<int, int> m;
    void insert(int height, int pos) {
        auto it = m.upper_bound(height);
        while (it != m.begin()) {
            it --;
            int h = (*it).first;
            m.erase(h);
            
            it = m.upper_bound(height);
        }
        m.insert({ height, pos });
    }
    int query (int height) {
        auto it = m.lower_bound(height);
        if (it == m.end()) return -1;
        return (*it).second;
    }
};
idata heights;
idata  left_road;
idata right_road;
igrid  left_road_2k;
igrid right_road_2k;
int N, K, Q;
const int MAXK = 20;
bool intersects (pair<int, int> a, pair<int, int> b) {
    if (b < a) swap (a, b);
    return a.second >= b.first;
}
pair<int, int> create (pair<int, int> start, int k) {
    int l = start.first;
    int r = start.second;
    int nl = min(
        left_road_2k[l][k],
        left_road_2k[r][k]
    );
    int nr = max(
        right_road_2k[l][k],
        right_road_2k[r][k]
    );
    return { nl, nr };
}
pair<pair<int, int>, int> jump_until (pair<int, int> start, pair<int, int> other) {
    int count = 0;
    for (int k = MAXK - 1; k >= 0; k --) {
        pair<int, int> potential = create(start, k);
        if (intersects(potential, other)) continue ;
        start = potential;
        count += 1 << k;
    }
    return { start, count };
}
void blf () {
    left_road_2k .resize(N, idata(MAXK, 0));
    right_road_2k.resize(N, idata(MAXK, N - 1));
    for (int i = 0; i < N; i ++) {
         left_road_2k[i][0] =  left_road[i];
        right_road_2k[i][0] = right_road[i];
    }
    for (int k = 0; k + 1 < MAXK; k ++) {
        for (int i = 0; i < N; i ++) {
            left_road_2k[i][k + 1] = min(
                left_road_2k[ left_road_2k[i][k]][k],
                left_road_2k[right_road_2k[i][k]][k]
            );
            right_road_2k[i][k + 1] = max(
                right_road_2k[ left_road_2k[i][k]][k],
                right_road_2k[right_road_2k[i][k]][k]
            );
        }
    }
}
idata bfs (int start) {
    queue<int> q; 
    idata answer(N, 1e9);
    answer[start] = 0;
    q.push(start);
    while (q.size() != 0) {
        int curr = q.front(); q.pop();
        for (int next : { left_road[curr], right_road[curr] }) {
            if (next == -1) continue ;
            if (answer[next] != 1e9) continue ;
            q.push(next);
            answer[next] = answer[curr] + 1;
        }
    }
    return answer;
}
int main () {
    cin >> N >> K >> Q;
    heights.resize(N);
    for (int i = 0; i < N; i ++) cin >> heights[i];
    left_road.resize(N, -1);
    Container cnt;
    for (int i = 0; i < N; i ++) {
        left_road[i] = cnt.query(heights[i]);
        if (i == 0) left_road[i] = 0;
        cnt.insert(heights[i], i);
    }
    cnt.m.clear();
    right_road.resize(N, -1);
    for (int i = N - 1; i >= 0; i --) {
        right_road[i] = cnt.query(heights[i]);
        if (i + 1 == N) right_road[i] = i;
        cnt.insert(heights[i], i);
    }
    blf();
    
    for (int q = 0; q < Q; q ++) {
        int a, b;
        cin >> a >> b;
        a --; b --;
        if (a > b) swap(a, b);
        const auto data1 = jump_until({ a, a }, { b, b });
        const auto data2 = jump_until({ b, b }, data1.first);
        
        cout << data1.second + data2.second << "\n";
    }
}
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