from sys import setrecursionlimit
setrecursionlimit(10**6)

from heapq import heappop,heappush

def dfs(pos, pre):
    global G, Vec
    for nxt in G[pos]:
        if nxt == pre:
            continue
        P = dfs(nxt, pos)
        heappush(Vec[pos], -P)
    M = len(Vec[pos])
    idx = pos
    for nxt in G[pos]:
        if nxt == pre:
            continue
        if len(Vec[nxt]) > M:
            M = len(Vec[nxt])
            idx = nxt
    if idx != pos:
        while Vec[pos]:
            heappush(Vec[idx], heappop(Vec[pos]))
    for nxt in G[pos]:
        if nxt == pre:
            continue
        if nxt == idx:
            continue
        while Vec[nxt]:
            heappush(Vec[pos], heappop(Vec[nxt]))
    Vec[pos] = Vec[idx]
    ret = 1
    if len(Vec[pos]) <= 2:
        while Vec[pos]:
            ret += -heappop(Vec[pos])
    else:
        for _ in range(2):
            ret += -heappop(Vec[pos])
    return ret

N = int(input())
G = [[] for _ in range(N)]
for _ in range(N-1):
    x,y = map(int,input().split())
    x -= 1
    y -= 1
    G[x].append(y)
    G[y].append(x)
Vec = [[] for _ in range(N)]
print(dfs(0, -1))