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Authors:
Anany Levitin
Chapter:
Dynamic Programming
Exercise:
8.1 Exercise
Question:8 | ISBN:9780132316811 | Edition: 3

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Minimum-sum descent Some positive integers are arranged in an equilateral triangle with n numbers in its base like the one shown in the figure below for n = 4. The problem is to find the smallest sum in a descent from the triangle apex to its base through a sequence of adjacent numbers (shown in the figure by the circles). Design a dynamic programming algorithm for this problem and indicate its time efficiency.

                                                                          

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