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\displaystyle M(p,q\neq p)=\min_{i=0,1,\ldots,q-p-1}\{ M(p,p+i) + M(p+i+1,q) + \max\{ \sum_{k=p}^{p+i}a_k,\sum_{k=p+i+1}^{q}a_k\}\}
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