#include <iostream>
#include <cstdio>
using namespace std;
const int maxn = 1005;
const int INF = 0x3f3f3f3f;
int a[maxn];
int sum[maxn];
int dp[maxn][maxn];
int s[maxn][maxn];
int n;
void init()
{
for(int i = 1;i<=n;i++)
{
dp[i][i] = 0;
s[i][i] = i;
}
for(int i = 1;i<=n-1;i++)
{
dp[i][i+1] = sum[i+1]-sum[i-1];
s[i][i+1] = i;
}
}
void solve()
{
for(int r = 2;r<=n-1;r++)
{
for(int i = 1;i+r<=n;i++)
{
int j = i+r;
dp[i][j] = INF;
for(int k=s[i][j-1];k<=s[i+1][j];k++)
{
if(dp[i][j]>dp[i][k]+dp[k+1][j])
{
dp[i][j] = dp[i][k]+dp[k+1][j];
s[i][j] = k;
}
}
dp[i][j]+=(sum[j]-sum[i-1]);
}
}
}
int main() {
scanf("%d",&n);
sum[0] = 0;
for(int i = 1;i<=n;i++)
{
scanf("%d",&a[i]);
sum[i] = a[i]+sum[i-1];
}
init();
solve();
cout<<dp[1][n]<<endl;
}