#include <bits/stdc++.h>
#pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wsign-compare"
#pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wsign-conversion"
//!===========================================================!//
//!  dP     dP                          dP                    !//
//!  88     88                          88                    !//
//!  88aaaaa88a .d8888b. .d8888b. .d888b88 .d8888b. 88d888b.  !//
//!  88     88  88ooood8 88'  '88 88'  '88 88ooood8 88'  '88  !//
//!  88     88  88.  ... 88.  .88 88.  .88 88.  ... 88        !//
//!  dP     dP  '88888P' '88888P8 '88888P8 '88888P' dP        !//
//!===========================================================!//
using ld = long double;
using uint = unsigned int;
using ll = long long;
using ull = unsigned long long;
template <typename T>
constexpr T INF = std::numeric_limits<T>::max() / 4;
template <typename T>
constexpr T MOD = static_cast<T>(1000000007);
template <typename F>
constexpr F PI = static_cast<F>(3.1415926535897932385);
//! メルセンヌ・ツイスタ !//
std::mt19937 mt{std::random_device{}()};
//! Debug出力 !//
#define SHOW(...) (std::cerr << "(" << #__VA_ARGS__ << ") = ("), HogeHogeSansuu(__VA_ARGS__), std::cerr << ")" << std::endl;
struct has_debugPrint_impl
{
    template <class T>
    static auto check(T&& x) -> decltype(x.debugPrint(), std::true_type{});
    template <class T>
    static auto check(...) -> std::false_type;
};
template <class T>
class has_debugPrint : public decltype(has_debugPrint_impl::check<T>(std::declval<T>()))
{
};
template <bool>
struct HogeHogeDump
{
    template <typename T>
    static void dump(const T& x) { x.debugPrint(); }
};
template <>
struct HogeHogeDump<false>
{
    template <typename T>
    static void dump(const T& x) { std::cerr << x; }
};
void HogeHogeSansuu() { ; }
template <typename T>
void HogeHogeSansuu(const T& x) { HogeHogeDump<has_debugPrint<T>::value>::dump(x); }
template <typename T, typename... Args>
void HogeHogeSansuu(const T& x, Args... args) { HogeHogeDump<has_debugPrint<T>::value>::dump(x), std::cerr << ",", HogeHogeSansuu(args...); }
//! chminとchmax !//
template <typename T>
bool chmin(T& a, const T& b) { return a = std::min(a, b), a == b; }
template <typename T>
bool chmax(T& a, const T& b) { return a = std::max(a, b), a == b; }
//! Rep関数 !//
template <typename T, typename F>
void For(const T s, const T t, const F f)
{
    for (T i = s; i != t; i += T(s < t ? 1 : -1)) { f(i); }
}
template <typename T, typename F>
void Rep(const T N, const F f) { For<T, F>(0, N, f); }
template <typename T, typename F>
void RRep(const T N, const F f) { For<T, F>(N - 1, -1, f); }
//! Vec関数 !//
template <typename T>
std::vector<T> Vec(const std::size_t n, T v) { return std::vector<T>(n, v); }
template <class... Args>
auto Vec(const std::size_t n, Args... args) { return std::vector<decltype(Vec(args...))>(n, Vec(args...)); }
//! ビット演算 !//
template <typename T>
constexpr T popCount(const T u)
{
#ifdef __has_builtin
    return u == 0 ? T(0) : (T)__builtin_popcountll(u);
#else
    unsigned long long v = static_cast<unsigned long long>(u);
    return v = (v & 0x5555555555555555ULL) + (v >> 1 & 0x5555555555555555ULL), v = (v & 0x3333333333333333ULL) + (v >> 2 & 0x3333333333333333ULL), v = (v + (v >> 4)) & 0x0F0F0F0F0F0F0F0FULL, static_cast<T>(v * 0x0101010101010101ULL >> 56 & 0x7f);
#endif
}
template <typename T>
constexpr T log2p1(const T u)
{
#ifdef __has_builtin
    return u == 0 ? T(0) : T(64 - __builtin_clzll(u));
#else
    unsigned long long v = static_cast<unsigned long long>(u);
    return v = static_cast<unsigned long long>(v), v |= (v >> 1), v |= (v >> 2), v |= (v >> 4), v |= (v >> 8), v |= (v >> 16), v |= (v >> 32), popCount(v);
#endif
}
template <typename T>
constexpr T clog(const T v) { return v == 0 ? T(0) : log2p1(v - 1); }
template <typename T>
constexpr T msbp1(const T v) { return log2p1(v); }
template <typename T>
constexpr T lsbp1(const T v)
{
#ifdef __has_builtin
    return __builtin_ffsll(v);
#else
    return v == 0 ? T(0) : popCount((v & (-v)) - T(1)) + T(1);
#endif
}
template <typename T>
constexpr bool ispow2(const T v) { return popCount(v) == 1; }
template <typename T>
constexpr T ceil2(const T v) { return v == 0 ? T(1) : T(1) << log2p1(v - 1); }
template <typename T>
constexpr T floor2(const T v) { return v == 0 ? T(0) : T(1) << (log2p1(v) - 1); }
//! 累積和 !//
template <typename T>
struct Accum
{
    template <typename InIt>
    Accum(const InIt first, const InIt last) : accum(std::size_t(std::distance(first, last))) { std::partial_sum(first, last, accum.begin()); }
    T sum(const std::size_t i) const { return i == 0 ? T(0) : accum[i - 1]; }
    T sum(const std::size_t l, const std::size_t r) const { return sum(r) - sum(l); }
    std::vector<T> accum;
};
template <typename T>
struct Accum2D
{
    Accum2D(const std::vector<std::vector<T>>& t) : accum{t}
    {
        for (std::size_t i = 0; i < accum.size(); i++) {
            for (std::size_t j = 1; j < accum[i].size(); j++) { accum[i][j] += accum[i][j - 1]; }
        }
        for (std::size_t i = 1; i < accum.size(); i++) {
            for (std::size_t j = 0; j < accum[i].size(); j++) { accum[i][j] += accum[i - 1][j]; }
        }
    }
    T sum(const std::size_t y, const std::size_t x) const { return y == 0 or x == 0 ? T(0) : accum[y - 1][x - 1]; }
    T sum(const std::size_t ymin, const std::size_t ysup, const std::size_t xmin, const std::size_t xsup) const { return sum(ysup, xsup) - sum(ymin, xmin); }
    std::vector<std::vector<T>> accum;
};
//! 座標圧縮 !//
template <typename T>
struct Zip
{
    template <typename InIt>
    Zip(const InIt first, const InIt last) : unzip(std::size_t(std::distance(first, last)))
    {
        std::copy(first, last, unzip), std::sort(unzip.begin(), unzip.end()), unzip.erase(std::unique(unzip.begin(), unzip.end()), unzip.end());
        for (std::size_t i = 0; i < unzip.size(); i++) { zip[unzip[i]] = i; }
    }
    std::vector<T> unzip;
    std::map<T, std::size_t> zip;
};
//! STLの出力関数 !//
template <typename T, std::size_t N>
std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os, const std::array<T, N>& v)
{
    os << "[";
    for (const auto& e : v) { os << e << ","; }
    return (os << "]" << std::endl);
}
template <typename T, typename A>
std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os, const std::deque<T, A>& v)
{
    os << "[";
    for (const auto& e : v) { os << e << ","; }
    return (os << "]" << std::endl);
}
template <typename K, typename T, typename C, typename A>
std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os, const std::multimap<K, T, C, A>& v)
{
    os << "[";
    for (const auto& e : v) { os << "<" << e.first << ": " << e.second << ">,"; }
    return (os << "]" << std::endl);
}
template <typename T, typename C, typename A>
std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os, const std::multiset<T, C, A>& v)
{
    os << "[";
    for (const auto& e : v) { os << e << ","; }
    return (os << "]" << std::endl);
}
template <typename K, typename T, typename C, typename A>
std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os, const std::map<K, T, C, A>& v)
{
    os << "[";
    for (const auto& e : v) { os << "<" << e.first << ": " << e.second << ">,"; }
    return (os << "]" << std::endl);
}
template <typename T1, typename T2>
std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os, const std::pair<T1, T2>& v) { return (os << "<" << v.first << "," << v.second << ">"); }
template <typename T1, typename T2, typename T3>
std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os, const std::priority_queue<T1, T2, T3>& v)
{
    auto q = v;
    os << "[";
    while (not q.empty()) { os << q.top() << ",", q.pop(); }
    return os << "]\n";
}
template <typename T1, typename T2>
std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os, const std::queue<T1>& v)
{
    auto q = v;
    os << "[";
    while (not q.empty()) { os << q.front() << ",", q.pop(); }
    return os << "]\n";
}
template <typename T, typename C, typename A>
std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os, const std::set<T, C, A>& v)
{
    os << "[";
    for (const auto& e : v) { os << e << ","; }
    return (os << "]" << std::endl);
}
template <typename T1, typename T2>
std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os, const std::stack<T1>& v)
{
    auto q = v;
    os << "[";
    while (not q.empty()) { os << q.top() << ",", q.pop(); }
    return os << "]\n";
}
template <typename K, typename T, typename H, typename P, typename A>
std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os, const std::unordered_multimap<K, T, H, P, A>& v)
{
    os << "[";
    for (const auto& e : v) { os << "<" << e.first << ": " << e.second << ">,"; }
    return (os << "]" << std::endl);
}
template <typename T, typename H, typename P, typename A>
std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os, const std::unordered_multiset<T, H, P, A>& v)
{
    os << "[";
    for (const auto& e : v) { os << e << ","; }
    return (os << "]" << std::endl);
}
template <typename K, typename T, typename H, typename P, typename A>
std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os, const std::unordered_map<K, T, H, P, A>& v)
{
    os << "[";
    for (const auto& e : v) { os << "<" << e.first << ": " << e.second << ">,"; }
    return (os << "]" << std::endl);
}
template <typename T, typename H, typename P, typename A>
std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os, const std::unordered_set<T, H, P, A>& v)
{
    os << "[";
    for (const auto& e : v) { os << e << ","; }
    return (os << "]" << std::endl);
}
template <typename T, typename A>
std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os, const std::vector<T, A>& v)
{
    os << "[";
    for (const auto& e : v) { os << e << ","; }
    return (os << "]" << std::endl);
}
//!=======================================================================================!//
//!   a88888b.                     dP       .88888.                             dP        !//
//!  d8'   '88                     88      d8'   '88                            88        !//
//!  88        .d8888b. .d8888b. d8888P    88        88d888b. .d8888b. 88d888b. 88d888b.  !//
//!  88        88'  '88 Y8ooooo.   88      88   YP88 88'  '88 88'  '88 88'  '88 88'  '88  !//
//!  Y8.   .88 88.  .88       88   88      Y8.   .88 88       88.  .88 88.  .88 88    88  !//
//!   Y88888P' '88888P' '88888P'   dP       '88888'  dP       '88888P8 88Y888P' dP    dP  !//
//!                                                                    88                 !//
//!                                                                    dP                 !//
//!=======================================================================================!//
template <typename T>
struct CostGraph
{
    CostGraph(const std::size_t v) : V{v}, edge(v), rev_edge(v) {}
    void addEdge(const std::size_t from, const std::size_t to, const T cost) { edge[from].push_back(Edge{to, cost}), rev_edge[to].push_back(Edge(from, cost)); }
    struct Edge
    {
        Edge(const std::size_t to, const T cost) : to{to}, cost{cost} {}
        const std::size_t to;
        const T cost;
        bool operator<(const Edge& e) const { return cost != e.cost ? cost < e.cost : to < e.to; }
    };
    const std::vector<Edge>& operator[](const std::size_t i) const { return edge[i]; }
    void debugPrint() const
    {
        std::cerr << "[\n";
        for (std::size_t i = 0; i < V; i++) {
            for (const auto& e : edge[i]) { std::cerr << i << "->" << e.to << ":" << e.cost << "\n"; }
        }
        std::cerr << "]\n";
    }
    const std::size_t V;
    std::vector<std::vector<Edge>> edge, rev_edge;
};
//!======================================================================!//
//!  888888ba  oo                                dP                      !//
//!  88    '8b                                   88                      !//
//!  88     88 dP .d8888b. 88d8b.d8b. .d8888b. d8888P .d8888b. 88d888b.  !//
//!  88     88 88 88'  '88 88''88''88 88ooood8   88   88ooood8 88'  '88  !//
//!  88    .8P 88 88.  .88 88  88  88 88.  ...   88   88.  ... 88        !//
//!  8888888P  dP '88888P8 dP  dP  dP '88888P'   dP   '88888P' dP        !//
//!======================================================================!//
template <typename T>
std::vector<std::size_t> Diameter(const CostGraph<T>& g)
{
    const std::size_t V = g.V;
    std::vector<T> dist(V, 0);
    std::vector<std::size_t> p(V, V);
    auto dfs = [&](auto&& self, const std::size_t s, const std::size_t prev) -> void {
        for (const auto& e : g.edge[s]) {
            if (e.to == prev) { continue; }
            dist[e.to] = dist[s] + e.cost, p[e.to] = s;
            self(self, e.to, s);
        }
    };
    dfs(dfs, 0, V);
    std::size_t r = std::max_element(dist.begin(), dist.end()) - dist.begin();
    dist[r] = 0, std::fill(p.begin(), p.end(), V), dfs(dfs, r, V);
    r = std::max_element(dist.begin(), dist.end()) - dist.begin();
    std::vector<std::size_t> ans;
    for (; r != V; r = p[r]) { ans.push_back(r); }
    return ans;
}
//!============================================!//
//!    8888ba.88ba             oo              !//
//!    88  '8b  '8b                            !//
//!    88   88   88  .d8888b.  dP  88d888b.    !//
//!    88   88   88  88'  '88  88  88'  '88    !//
//!    88   88   88  88.  .88  88  88    88    !//
//!    dP   dP   dP  '88888P8  dP  dP    dP    !//
//!============================================!//
int main()
{
    int N;
    std::cin >> N;
    CostGraph<int> G(N);
    for (int i = 0, u, v; i < N - 1; i++) { std::cin >> u >> v, u--, v--, G.addEdge(u, v, 1), G.addEdge(v, u, 1); }
    const auto d = Diameter(G);
    std::cout << N - d.size() << std::endl;
    return 0;
}