Divide and Conquer DP
Generic Implementation
int m, n;
vector<long long> dp_before(n), dp_cur(n);
long long C(int i, int j);
// compute dp_cur[l], ... dp_cur[r] (inclusive)
void compute(int l, int r, int optl, int optr) {
if (l > r)
return;
int mid = (l + r) >> 1;
pair<long long, int> best = {LLONG_MAX, -1};
for (int k = optl; k <= min(mid, optr); k++) {
best = min(best, {(k ? dp_before[k - 1] : 0) + C(k, mid), k});
}
dp_cur[mid] = best.first;
int opt = best.second;
compute(l, mid - 1, optl, opt);
compute(mid + 1, r, opt, optr);
}
int solve() {
for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
dp_before[i] = C(0, i);
for (int i = 1; i < m; i++) {
compute(0, n - 1, 0, n - 1);
dp_before = dp_cur;
}
return dp_before[n - 1];
}