Problem:
Score : 800 points

Problem Statement

Mr. Takahashi has in his room an art object with H rows and W columns, made up of H \times W blocks.
Each block has a color represented by a lowercase English letter (a-z).
The color of the block at the i-th row and j-th column is c_{i,j}.

Mr. Takahashi would like to dismantle the object, finding it a bit kitschy for his tastes.
The dismantling is processed by repeating the following operation:

Choose one of the W columns and push down that column one row.
The block at the bottom of that column disappears.

Each time the operation is performed, a cost is incurred.
Since blocks of the same color have a property to draw each other together, the cost of the operation is the number of the pairs of blocks (p, q) such that:

The block p is in the selected column.

The two blocks p and q are horizontally adjacent (before pushing down the column).

The two blocks p and q have the same color.

Mr. Takahashi dismantles the object by repeating the operation H \times W times to get rid of all the blocks.
Compute the minimum total cost to dismantle the object.

Constraints

1 ≤ H ≤ 300

2 ≤ W ≤ 300

All characters c_{i,j} are lowercase English letters (a-z).

Partial Score

In test cases worth 300 points, W = 3.

Input

The input is given from Standard Input in the following format:

H W
c_{1,1}c_{1,2}..c_{1,W}
c_{2,1}c_{2,2}..c_{2,W}
:
c_{H,1}c_{H,2}..c_{H,W}

Output

Print the minimum total cost to dismantle the object.

Sample Input 1

2 3
rrr
brg

Sample Output 1

2

For example, the total cost of 2 can be achieved by performing the operation as follows and this is the minimum value.

Sample Input 2

6 3
xya
xya
ayz
ayz
xaz
xaz

Sample Output 2

0

The total cost of 0 can be achieved by first pushing down all blocks of the middle column, then all of the left column, and all of the right column.

Sample Input 3

4 2
ay
xa
xy
ay

Sample Output 3

0

The total cost of 0 can be achieved by the following operations:

pushing down the right column one row;

pushing down the left column one row;

pushing down all of the right column;

and pushing down all of the left column.

Sample Input 4

5 5
aaaaa
abbba
ababa
abbba
aaaaa

Sample Output 4

24

Sample Input 5

7 10
xxxxxxxxxx
ccccxxffff
cxxcxxfxxx
cxxxxxffff
cxxcxxfxxx
ccccxxfxxx
xxxxxxxxxx

Sample Output 5

130

Solution in C# (Mono 4.6.2.0) (judge verdict: Accepted)

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.IO;
using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
using System.Text;
using static Template;
using static System.Console;
using static System.Convert;
using static System.Math;
using Pi = Pair<int, int>;

class Solver
{
    Scanner sc = new Scanner();
    //

    public void Solve()
    {
        int H, W, res = 0;
        sc.Make(out H, out W);
        var grid = sc.Grid(H);
        for (var i = 0; i < W - 1; i++)
        {
            var dp = Create(H + 1, () => Create(H + 1, () => int.MaxValue));
            var cost = Create(H + 1, () => new int[H + 1]);
            for (var j = 0; j < H; j++)
                for (var k = 0; j + k < H; k++)
                    if (grid[k][i] == grid[j + k][i + 1])
                        cost[j][0]++;
            for (var j = 0; j < H; j++)
                for (var k = 0; j + k < H; k++)
                    if (grid[k + j][i] == grid[k][i + 1])
                        cost[0][j]++;
            cost[0][0] >>= 1;
            for (var j = 1; j < H; j++)
                for (int k = 1; k < H; k++)
                {
                    cost[j][k] = cost[j - 1][k - 1];
                    if (grid[H - j][i] == grid[H - k][i + 1])
                        cost[j][k]--;
                }
            dp[0][0] = 0;
            for (var j = 0; j <= H; j++)
                for (var k = 0; k <= H; k++)
                {
                    if (j > 0) dp[j][k] = dp[j - 1][k] + cost[j - 1][k];
                    if (k > 0) chmin(ref dp[j][k], dp[j][k - 1] + cost[j][k - 1]);
                }
            res += dp[H][H];
        }
        WriteLine(res);
    }
}

#region Template
public class Template
{
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        Console.SetOut(new StreamWriter(Console.OpenStandardOutput()) { AutoFlush = false });
        new Solver().Solve();
        Console.Out.Flush();
    }
    [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining)]
    public static bool chmin<T>(ref T num, T val) where T : IComparable<T>
    { if (num.CompareTo(val) == 1) { num = val; return true; } return false; }
    [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining)]
    public static bool chmax<T>(ref T num, T val) where T : IComparable<T>
    { if (num.CompareTo(val) == -1) { num = val; return true; } return false; }
    [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining)]
    public static void swap<T>(ref T v1, ref T v2)
    { var t = v2; v2 = v1; v1 = t; }
    [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining)]
    public static T[] Create<T>(int n, Func<T> f)
    {
        var rt = new T[n];
        for (var i = 0; i < rt.Length; ++i)
            rt[i] = f();
        return rt;
    }
    [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining)]
    public static T[] Create<T>(int n, Func<int, T> f)
    {
        var rt = new T[n];
        for (var i = 0; i < rt.Length; ++i)
            rt[i] = f(i);
        return rt;
    }
    public static void Fail<T>(T s) { Console.WriteLine(s); Console.Out.Close(); Environment.Exit(0); }
}

public class Scanner
{
    public string Str => ReadLine().Trim();
    public int Int => int.Parse(Str);
    public long Long => long.Parse(Str);
    public double Double => double.Parse(Str);
    public int[] ArrInt => Str.Split(' ').Select(int.Parse).ToArray();
    public long[] ArrLong => Str.Split(' ').Select(long.Parse).ToArray();
    public char[][] Grid(int n) => Create(n, () => Str.ToCharArray());
    public int[] ArrInt1D(int n) => Create(n, () => Int);
    public long[] ArrLong1D(int n) => Create(n, () => Long);
    public int[][] ArrInt2D(int n) => Create(n, () => ArrInt);
    public long[][] ArrLong2D(int n) => Create(n, () => ArrLong);
    public Pair<T1, T2> PairMake<T1, T2>() => new Pair<T1, T2>(Next<T1>(), Next<T2>());
    public Pair<T1, T2, T3> PairMake<T1, T2, T3>() => new Pair<T1, T2, T3>(Next<T1>(), Next<T2>(), Next<T3>());
    private Queue<string> q = new Queue<string>();
    [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining)]
    public T Next<T>() { if (q.Count == 0) foreach (var item in Str.Split(' ')) q.Enqueue(item); return (T)Convert.ChangeType(q.Dequeue(), typeof(T)); }
    public void Make<T1>(out T1 v1) => v1 = Next<T1>();
    public void Make<T1, T2>(out T1 v1, out T2 v2) { v1 = Next<T1>(); v2 = Next<T2>(); }
    public void Make<T1, T2, T3>(out T1 v1, out T2 v2, out T3 v3) { Make(out v1, out v2); v3 = Next<T3>(); }
    public void Make<T1, T2, T3, T4>(out T1 v1, out T2 v2, out T3 v3, out T4 v4) { Make(out v1, out v2, out v3); v4 = Next<T4>(); }
    public void Make<T1, T2, T3, T4, T5>(out T1 v1, out T2 v2, out T3 v3, out T4 v4, out T5 v5) { Make(out v1, out v2, out v3, out v4); v5 = Next<T5>(); }
    public void Make<T1, T2, T3, T4, T5, T6>(out T1 v1, out T2 v2, out T3 v3, out T4 v4, out T5 v5, out T6 v6) { Make(out v1, out v2, out v3, out v4, out v5); v6 = Next<T6>(); }
}

public class Pair<T1, T2> : IComparable<Pair<T1, T2>>
{
    public T1 v1;
    public T2 v2;
    public Pair() { }
    public Pair(T1 v1, T2 v2)
    { this.v1 = v1; this.v2 = v2; }

    [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining)]
    public int CompareTo(Pair<T1, T2> p)
    {
        var c = Comparer<T1>.Default.Compare(v1, p.v1);
        if (c == 0)
            c = Comparer<T2>.Default.Compare(v2, p.v2);
        return c;
    }
    public override string ToString()
        => $"{v1.ToString()} {v2.ToString()}";
    public void Tie(out T1 a, out T2 b) { a = v1; b = v2; }
}

public class Pair<T1, T2, T3> : Pair<T1, T2>, IComparable<Pair<T1, T2, T3>>
{
    public T3 v3;
    public Pair() : base() { }
    public Pair(T1 v1, T2 v2, T3 v3) : base(v1, v2)
    { this.v3 = v3; }

    [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining)]
    public int CompareTo(Pair<T1, T2, T3> p)
    {
        var c = base.CompareTo(p);
        if (c == 0)
            c = Comparer<T3>.Default.Compare(v3, p.v3);
        return c;
    }
    public override string ToString()
        => $"{base.ToString()} {v3.ToString()}";
    public void Tie(out T1 a, out T2 b, out T3 c) { Tie(out a, out b); c = v3; }
}
#endregion