import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.PrintWriter;
import java.util.NoSuchElementException;


public class Main{
	static FastScanner sc = new FastScanner();
	static PrintWriter out = new PrintWriter(System.out);
	//static String S;
	//static String T;
	static int n;
	static long dp [][];
	static boolean flag [][];
	static long a [];
	static long sum [];
	//static final int mod = 1_000_000_007;
	//static LinkedList <Integer> adj []; 
	
	public static void main(String[] args) {
		n = sc.nextInt();
		a = sc.nextLongArray(n, true);
		
		dp = new long [n+1][n+1];
		sum = new long [n+1];
		flag = new boolean [n+1][n+1];
		
		sum[1] = a[1];
		for (int i=2; i<=n; i++) {
			sum[i]=(sum[i-1]+a[i]);
		}
		
		out.println(f(1,n));
		
		out.flush();
	}
	static long f(int l, int r) {
		if (flag[l][r])
			return dp[l][r];
		
		if (l==r)
			return 0;
		
		flag[l][r]=true;
		
		long ans = Long.MAX_VALUE;
		
		for (int m=l; m<r; m++) {
			ans = Math.min(ans, f(l, m)+f(m+1, r));
		}
		
		return dp[l][r] = ans + (sum[r]-sum[l-1]);
	}
	
		static class FastScanner {
		    private final InputStream in = System.in;
		    private final byte[] buffer = new byte[1024];
		    private int ptr = 0;
		    private int buflen = 0;

		    private boolean hasNextByte() {
		      if (ptr < buflen) {
		        return true;
		      } else {
		        ptr = 0;
		        try {
		          buflen = in.read(buffer);
		        } catch (IOException e) {
		          e.printStackTrace();
		        }
		        if (buflen <= 0) {
		          return false;
		        }
		      }
		      return true;
		    }

		    private int readByte() {
		      if (hasNextByte()) return buffer[ptr++];
		      else return -1;
		    }

		    private static boolean isPrintableChar(int c) {
		      return 33 <= c && c <= 126;
		    }

		    private void skipUnprintable() {
		      while (hasNextByte() && !isPrintableChar(buffer[ptr])) ptr++;
		    }

		    public boolean hasNext() {
		      skipUnprintable();
		      return hasNextByte();
		    }

		    public String next() {
		      if (!hasNext()) throw new NoSuchElementException();
		      StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
		      int b = readByte();
		      while (isPrintableChar(b)) {
		        sb.appendCodePoint(b);
		        b = readByte();
		      }
		      return sb.toString();
		    }

		    public long nextLong() {
		      if (!hasNext()) throw new NoSuchElementException();
		      long n = 0;
		      boolean minus = false;
		      int b = readByte();
		      if (b == '-') {
		        minus = true;
		        b = readByte();
		      }
		      if (b < '0' || '9' < b) {
		        throw new NumberFormatException();
		      }
		      while (true) {
		        if ('0' <= b && b <= '9') {
		          n *= 10;
		          n += b - '0';
		        } else if (b == -1 || !isPrintableChar(b)) {
		          return minus ? -n : n;
		        } else {
		          throw new NumberFormatException();
		        }
		        b = readByte();
		      }
		    }

		    public int nextInt() {
		      return (int) nextLong();
		    }
		    
		    public double nextDouble(){
		    	return Double.parseDouble(next());
		    }

		    public int[] nextIntArray(int N, boolean oneBased) {
		      if (oneBased) {
		        int[] array = new int[N + 1];
		        for (int i = 1; i <= N; i++) {
		          array[i] = sc.nextInt();
		        }
		        return array;
		      } else {
		        int[] array = new int[N];
		        for (int i = 0; i < N; i++) {
		          array[i] = sc.nextInt();
		        }
		        return array;
		      }
		    }

		    public long[] nextLongArray(int N, boolean oneBased) {
		      if (oneBased) {
		        long[] array = new long[N + 1];
		        for (int i = 1; i <= N; i++) {
		          array[i] = sc.nextLong();
		        }
		        return array;
		      } else {
		        long[] array = new long[N];
		        for (int i = 0; i < N; i++) {
		          array[i] = sc.nextLong();
		        }
		        return array;
		      }
		    }
		  }

		}	 





Measured memory_bytes: 24476