class ReRooting():
    def __init__(self, N=1, debug=0):
        self.N = N
        self.G = [[] for i in range(N)]
        self.mem = [[] for i in range(N)]
        self.AcL = [None] * N
        self.AcR = [None] * N
        self.par = [-1] * N
        self.sz = [1] * N
        self.depth = [0] * N
        self.unit = [0, 0]
        self.dp1 = [self.unit for _ in range(N)]
        self.dp2 = [self.unit for _ in range(N)]
        self.debug = debug

    def add_edge(self, i=0, j=0, c=1):
        self.G[i].append((j, c))
        self.G[j].append((i, c))

    def merge(self, a, b):
        return [a[0] + b[1], a[1] + max(b)]

    def calc_dp(self, v):
        return [v[0] + 1, v[1]]

    def calc_ans(self, v):
        return [v[0] + 1, v[1]]

    def cost(self, x, c):
        return x

    def bottom_up(self, s):
        stack = [s]
        while stack:
            u = stack.pop()
            if u >= 0:
                stack.append(~u)
                for v, c in self.G[u]:
                    if v == self.par[u]:
                        continue
                    self.par[v] = u
                    self.depth[v] = self.depth[u] + 1
                    stack.append(v)
            else:
                u = ~u
                self.mem[u] = []
                for v, c in self.G[u]:
                    if v == self.par[u]:
                        continue
                    self.sz[u] += self.sz[v]
                    self.dp1[u] = self.merge(self.dp1[u], self.cost(self.dp1[v], c))
                    self.mem[u].append((v, c))
                self.dp1[u] = self.calc_dp(self.dp1[u])
                Nt = len(self.mem[u])
                self.AcL[u] = [self.unit for _ in range(Nt + 1)]
                self.AcR[u] = [self.unit for _ in range(Nt + 1)]
                for i, (v, c) in enumerate(self.mem[u]):
                    temp = self.unit
                    self.AcL[u][i + 1] = self.merge(self.merge(temp, self.AcL[u][i]), self.cost(self.dp1[v], c))
                for i, (v, c) in enumerate(self.mem[u][::-1]):
                    temp = self.unit
                    self.AcR[u][i + 1] = self.merge(self.merge(temp, self.AcR[u][i]), self.cost(self.dp1[v], c))

    def top_down(self, s):
        stack = [s]
        while stack:
            u = stack.pop()
            for i, (v, c) in enumerate(self.mem[u]):
                temp = self.unit
                self.dp2[v] = self.merge(self.merge(self.cost(self.merge(temp, self.dp2[u]), c), self.AcL[u][i]), self.AcR[u][len(self.mem[u]) - i - 1])
                self.dp2[v] = self.calc_dp(self.dp2[v])
                stack.append(v)

    def solve(self, s=0):
        self.bottom_up(s)
        self.top_down(s)
        if self.debug:
            print('dp1', self.dp1)
            print('dp2', self.dp2)
        ans = [None] * self.N

        for i in range(self.N):
            ans[i] = self.dp2[i][1]
            for u, c in self.G[i]:
                if self.par[i] == u:
                    continue
                ans[i] += self.cost(self.dp1[u][1], c)
            # ans[i] = self.calc_ans(ans[i])
        if self.debug:
            print('ans', ans)

        return ans


N = int(input())
G = ReRooting(N)
for i in range(N - 1):
    u, v = map(int, input().split())
    u, v = u - 1, v - 1
    G.add_edge(u, v)

ans = N + 1
for a in G.solve():
    ans = min(ans, a)
    
print(ans + 1)