#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
#define int long long
#define nn "\n"
const long long INF = 4e18;
const int N = 1505;
int n;
int a[N];
long long dp[N][N];
signed main() {
ios::sync_with_stdio(0);
cin.tie(0);
cin >> n;
for(int i = 1; i <= n - 1; i++){
cin >> a[i];
}
for(int i = 0; i <= n; i++){
for(int j = 0; j <= n; j++){
dp[i][j] = INF;
}
}
dp[0][1] = 0;
long long ans = INF;
for(int i = 0; i <= n - 1; i++){
for(int j = 1; j <= n; j++){
if(dp[i][j] == INF) continue;
if(i + j >= n){
ans = min(ans, dp[i][j]);
}
for(int k = i + 1; k <= min((long long)n - 1, i + j); k++){
// vào sưởi
dp[k][j] = min(dp[k][j], dp[i][j] + 1);
// mua áo
dp[k][j + 1] = min(dp[k][j + 1],
dp[i][j] + a[k]);
}
}
}
cout << ans << nn;
return 0;
}
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