Optimizing Sequence Merging with Dynamic Programming and Matrix Exponentiation Techniques

Problem Overview The problem involves merging a sequence of stones where each stone has a weight. The goal is to merge consecutive stones within a sequence into a single stone with a weight equal to the sum of the merged stones, at a cost equal to that sum. The merging must result in a final number of stones between a given range [L, R], and th ...

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