Problem E: Pick It
You are playing a game of Pick It. You are given a list of
positive integers, and you are allowed to select any number other than the
first or last number in this list. When you pick a number, that number
is removed from the board, and your score increases by the sum of the
number that you picked and the sum of the neighbouring numbers.
For example, if the list contained 1 2 3 4 5, and you picked
3, your score would be 2+3+4=9. On the next turn,
your list would be 1 2 4 5, and if you picked 4
next, your score would be 9+2+4+5 = 20, leaving you with the
list 1 2 5. The game concludes when there are only two numbers
remaining.
Given a list of numbers, what is the maximum score that you can obtain?
Input Specification
The input will consist of a number of test cases (at most 200 test cases).
A test case is of the form
n k1 k2 ... kn
where n (n ≤ 200) is the number of numbers
in the list, and each integer ki satisfies
1 ≤ ki ≤ 100). In all test cases
n ≥ 3, except in the case where n=0, which
indicates the end of input.
Output Specification
For each test case, output the maximum score attainable.
Sample Input
5 1 2 3 4 5
5 2 1 5 3 4
6 30 20 40 50 70 60
0
Output for Sample Input
30
31
570