using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.IO;
using static System.Console;
using static System.Math;
 
public class Solve{
    static public int mod = 1000000007;
    public static void Main(){
        // 方針
        //
        var n = rint();
        var a = longa();
        var map = new long[n,n];
        var rui = new long[n,n];
        for(int i=0;i<n;i++){
            rui[i,i] = a[i];
        }
        for(int i=0;i<n;i++){
            for(int j=i+1;j<n;j++){
                if(i==0){
                    rui[i,j] = rui[i,j-1]+rui[j,j];
                }else{
                    rui[i,j] = rui[i-1,j]-rui[i-1,i-1];
                }
            }
        }
        for(int i=0;i<n;i++){
            rui[i,i] = 0;
        }
        for(int i=0;i<n;i++){
            for(int j=0;j<n;j++){
                map[i,j] = 1000000000000000;
                if(i==j) map[i,j] = 0;
            }
        }
        for(int d=1;d<n;d++){
            for(int i=0;i<n-d;i++){
                // i -> i+d の区間
                for(int j=i+1;j<=i+d;j++){
                    map[i,i+d] = Min(map[i,i+d],map[i,j-1]+map[j,i+d]+rui[i,i+d]);
                }
            }
        }
        WriteLine(map[0,n-1]);
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
    }
    public static void swap(ref int a,ref int b){int temp = a;a= b;b = temp;}
    static void charswap(ref char a,ref char b){char temp = a;a= b;b = temp;}
    static int ncr(int n,int r){r = Min(r,n-r);long nn = 1;for(int i=n-r+1;i<=n;i++){nn = nn*i%mod;}long rr = 1;for(int i=1;i<=r;i++){rr = rr*i%mod;}rr = square((int)rr,mod-2);nn = nn * rr %mod;return (int)nn;}
    // a^b mod
    static int square(int a,int b){string binary = Convert.ToString(b,2);int bileng = binary.Length;long a_power = a;long value = 1;for(int i=bileng-1;i>=0;i--){if(binary[i] == '1'){value = value*a_power%mod;}a_power = a_power*a_power%mod;}return (int)value;}
    static int square2(int a,int b){long output = 1;var list = new List<long>();int sh = 1;long n = a;list.Add(a);while(sh < b){sh *= 2;n = n*n%mod;list.Add(n);}for(int i=list.Count-1;i>=0;i--){if(b > sh){b -= sh;sh /= 2;output = output*list[i]%mod;}}return (int)output;}
    //各種読取
    static string rstr(){ return ReadLine(); }
    static int rint(){ return int.Parse(ReadLine()); }
    static long rlong(){ return long.Parse(ReadLine()); }
    static string[] stra(){ return ReadLine().Split(' '); }
    static char[] chara(){ string[] a=stra();string b="";for(int i=0;i<a.Length;i++){b+=a[i];}return b.ToCharArray();}
    static int[] inta(){ string[] read_str_array = ReadLine().Split(' '); int[] return_int_array = new int[read_str_array.Length]; for(int countup_i=0;countup_i<read_str_array.Length;countup_i++){ return_int_array[countup_i] = int.Parse(read_str_array[countup_i]); } return return_int_array; }
    static int[,] inta2(int num_array,int in_array){ int[,] int_array2 = new int[num_array,in_array]; for(int i=0;i<num_array;i++){ int[] temp_array = inta(); for(int j=0;j<in_array;j++){ int_array2[i,j] = temp_array[j]; } } return int_array2; }
    static long[] longa(){ string[] read_str_array = ReadLine().Split(' '); long[] return_long_array = new long[read_str_array.Length]; for(long countup_i=0;countup_i<read_str_array.Length;countup_i++){ return_long_array[countup_i] = long.Parse(read_str_array[countup_i]); } return return_long_array; }
    static double[] doublea(){ string[] read_str_array = ReadLine().Split(' '); double[] return_double_array = new double[read_str_array.Length]; for(long countup_i=0;countup_i<read_str_array.Length;countup_i++){ return_double_array[countup_i] = long.Parse(read_str_array[countup_i]); } return return_double_array; }
    // -----------------------------
    static long divideup(long divided,long divid){ long temp_divide = divided/divid; if(divided % divid > 0){ temp_divide++; } return temp_divide; }
    static long GCD(long a,long b){ if(a < b){ long temp = a; a = b; b = temp; } if(a % b == 0){ return b; } else{ long temp = b; b = a%b; a = temp; return GCD(a,b); } }
    static long LCM(long a,long b){ return a * b / GCD(a,b); }
    static void WriteArray(long[,] a,int b,int c){for(int i=0;i<b;i++){for(int j=0;j<c;j++){if(j!=0) Write(" ");Write(a[i,j]);}WriteLine();}}
}

Measured memory_bytes: 13408