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 Rust (1.42.0) (judge verdict: Accepted)

pub trait Zero: PartialEq + Sized {
    fn zero() -> Self;
    #[inline]
    fn is_zero(&self) -> bool {
        self == &Self::zero()
    }
}
pub trait One: PartialEq + Sized {
    fn one() -> Self;
    #[inline]
    fn is_one(&self) -> bool {
        self == &Self::one()
    }
}
macro_rules !zero_one_impls {($({$Trait :ident $method :ident $($t :ty ) *,$e :expr } ) *) =>{$($(impl $Trait for $t {#[inline ] fn $method () ->Self {$e } } ) *) *} ;}
zero_one_impls !({Zero zero u8 u16 u32 u64 usize i8 i16 i32 i64 isize u128 i128 ,0 } {Zero zero f32 f64 ,0. } {One one u8 u16 u32 u64 usize i8 i16 i32 i64 isize u128 i128 ,1 } {One one f32 f64 ,1. } ) ;
pub trait IterScan: Sized {
    type Output;
    fn scan<'a, I: Iterator<Item = &'a str>>(iter: &mut I) -> Option<Self::Output>;
}
pub trait MarkedIterScan: Sized {
    type Output;
    fn mscan<'a, I: Iterator<Item = &'a str>>(self, iter: &mut I) -> Option<Self::Output>;
}
#[derive(Debug)]
pub struct Scanner<'a> {
    iter: std::str::SplitAsciiWhitespace<'a>,
}
impl<'a> Scanner<'a> {
    #[inline]
    pub fn new(s: &'a str) -> Self {
        let iter = s.split_ascii_whitespace();
        Self { iter }
    }
    #[inline]
    pub fn scan<T: IterScan>(&mut self) -> <T as IterScan>::Output {
        T::scan(&mut self.iter).unwrap()
    }
    #[inline]
    pub fn mscan<T: MarkedIterScan>(&mut self, marker: T) -> <T as MarkedIterScan>::Output {
        marker.mscan(&mut self.iter).unwrap()
    }
    #[inline]
    pub fn scan_vec<T: IterScan>(&mut self, size: usize) -> Vec<<T as IterScan>::Output> {
        (0..size)
            .map(|_| T::scan(&mut self.iter).unwrap())
            .collect()
    }
    #[inline]
    pub fn scan_chars(&mut self) -> Vec<char> {
        self.iter.next().unwrap().chars().collect::<Vec<char>>()
    }
    #[inline]
    pub fn scan_chars_with(&mut self, base: char) -> Vec<usize> {
        self.iter
            .next()
            .unwrap()
            .chars()
            .map(|c| (c as u8 - base as u8) as usize)
            .collect::<Vec<usize>>()
    }
}
mod scanner_impls {
    use super::*;
    macro_rules !iter_scan_impls {($($t :ty ) *) =>{$(impl IterScan for $t {type Output =Self ;#[inline ] fn scan <'a ,I :Iterator <Item =&'a str >>(iter :&mut I ) ->Option <Self >{iter .next () ?.parse ::<$t >() .ok () } } ) *} ;}
    iter_scan_impls !(char u8 u16 u32 u64 usize i8 i16 i32 i64 isize f32 f64 u128 i128 String ) ;
    macro_rules !iter_scan_tuple_impl {($($T :ident ) *) =>{impl <$($T :IterScan ) ,*>IterScan for ($($T ,) *) {type Output =($(<$T as IterScan >::Output ,) *) ;#[inline ] fn scan <'a ,It :Iterator <Item =&'a str >>(_iter :&mut It ) ->Option <Self ::Output >{Some (($($T ::scan (_iter ) ?,) *) ) } } } ;}
    iter_scan_tuple_impl!();
    iter_scan_tuple_impl!(A);
    iter_scan_tuple_impl !(A B ) ;
    iter_scan_tuple_impl !(A B C ) ;
    iter_scan_tuple_impl !(A B C D ) ;
    iter_scan_tuple_impl !(A B C D E ) ;
    iter_scan_tuple_impl !(A B C D E F ) ;
    iter_scan_tuple_impl !(A B C D E F G ) ;
    iter_scan_tuple_impl !(A B C D E F G H ) ;
    iter_scan_tuple_impl !(A B C D E F G H I ) ;
    iter_scan_tuple_impl !(A B C D E F G H I J ) ;
    iter_scan_tuple_impl !(A B C D E F G H I J K ) ;
    pub struct ScannerIter<'a, 'b, T> {
        inner: &'b mut Scanner<'a>,
        _marker: std::marker::PhantomData<fn() -> T>,
    }
    impl<'a, 'b, T: IterScan> Iterator for ScannerIter<'a, 'b, T> {
        type Item = <T as IterScan>::Output;
        fn next(&mut self) -> Option<Self::Item> {
            T::scan(&mut self.inner.iter)
        }
    }
    impl<'a> Scanner<'a> {
        #[inline]
        pub fn iter<'b, T: IterScan>(&'b mut self) -> ScannerIter<'a, 'b, T> {
            ScannerIter {
                inner: self,
                _marker: std::marker::PhantomData,
            }
        }
    }
}
pub mod marker {
    use super::*;
    pub struct Usize1;
    impl IterScan for Usize1 {
        type Output = usize;
        #[inline]
        fn scan<'a, I: Iterator<Item = &'a str>>(iter: &mut I) -> Option<Self::Output> {
            usize::scan(iter).map(|x| x.wrapping_sub(1))
        }
    }
    pub struct Isize1;
    impl IterScan for Isize1 {
        type Output = isize;
        #[inline]
        fn scan<'a, I: Iterator<Item = &'a str>>(iter: &mut I) -> Option<Self::Output> {
            isize::scan(iter).map(|x| x.wrapping_sub(1))
        }
    }
}
#[macro_export]
macro_rules !min {($e :expr ) =>{$e } ;($e :expr ,$($es :expr ) ,+) =>{std ::cmp ::min ($e ,min !($($es ) ,+) ) } ;}
#[macro_export]
macro_rules !chmin {($dst :expr ,$($src :expr ) ,+) =>{{let x =std ::cmp ::min ($dst ,min !($($src ) ,+) ) ;$dst =x ;} } ;}
#[macro_export]
macro_rules !max {($e :expr ) =>{$e } ;($e :expr ,$($es :expr ) ,+) =>{std ::cmp ::max ($e ,max !($($es ) ,+) ) } ;}
#[macro_export]
macro_rules !chmax {($dst :expr ,$($src :expr ) ,+) =>{{let x =std ::cmp ::max ($dst ,max !($($src ) ,+) ) ;$dst =x ;} } ;}
fn main() {
    #[allow(unused_imports)]
    use std::io::{Read as _, Write as _};
    let __out = std::io::stdout();
    let mut __in_buf = String::new();
    std::io::stdin().read_to_string(&mut __in_buf).unwrap();
    let mut scanner = Scanner::new(&__in_buf);
    #[allow(unused_macros)]
    macro_rules !scan {() =>{scan !(usize ) } ;(($($t :tt ) ,*) ) =>{($(scan !($t ) ) ,*) } ;([$t :tt ;$len :expr ] ) =>{(0 ..$len ) .map (|_ |scan !($t ) ) .collect ::<Vec <_ >>() } ;({chars :$b :expr } ) =>{scanner .scan_chars_with ($b ) } ;({$t :tt =>$f :expr } ) =>{$f (scan !($t ) ) } ;(chars ) =>{scanner .scan_chars () } ;($t :ty ) =>{scanner .scan ::<$t >() } ;}
    let mut __out = std::io::BufWriter::new(__out.lock());
    #[allow(unused_macros)]
    macro_rules !print {($($arg :tt ) *) =>(::std ::write !(__out ,$($arg ) *) .unwrap () ) }
    #[allow(unused_macros)]
    macro_rules !println {($($arg :tt ) *) =>(::std ::writeln !(__out ,$($arg ) *) .unwrap () ) }
    #[allow(unused_macros)]
    macro_rules! echo {
        ($iter :expr ) => {
            echo!($iter, "\n")
        };
        ($iter :expr ,$sep :expr ) => {
            let mut iter = $iter.into_iter();
            if let Some(item) = iter.next() {
                print!("{}", item);
            }
            for item in iter {
                print!("{}{}", $sep, item);
            }
            println!();
        };
    }
    let h = scan!();
    let w = scan!();
    let c = scan!([{chars:'a'}; h]);
    let mut ans = 0;
    for p in 0..w - 1 {
        let q = p + 1;
        let mut dp = vec![vec![std::usize::MAX; h + 1]; h + 1];
        let mut cost = vec![vec![0; h + 1]; h + 1];
        dp[h][h] = 0;
        for i in 0..h {
            for j in 0..h {
                if c[i][p] == c[j][q] {
                    if i < j {
                        cost[h - (j - i)][h] += 1;
                    } else {
                        cost[h][h - (i - j)] += 1;
                    }
                }
            }
        }
        for i in (0..h).rev() {
            for j in (0..h).rev() {
                cost[i][j] = cost[i + 1][j + 1] - (c[i][p] == c[j][q]) as usize;
            }
        }
        for i in (0..=h).rev() {
            for j in (0..=h).rev() {
                if i > 0 {
                    chmin!(dp[i - 1][j], dp[i][j] + cost[i][j]);
                }
                if j > 0 {
                    chmin!(dp[i][j - 1], dp[i][j] + cost[i][j]);
                }
            }
        }
        ans += dp[0][0];
    }
    println!("{}", ans);
}