#P1732. Minimum Absolute Difference Sum
Minimum Absolute Difference Sum
Minimum Absolute Difference Sum
Given a sequence \( A = {a_1, a_2, \ldots, a_n} \), define a new sequence \( B = {b_1, b_2, \ldots, b_n} \) as follows:
\[ b_i = \begin{cases} a_1, & \text{if } i = 1, \\ \min_{1 \le j 1. \end{cases} \]
The task is to compute and output the sum:
\[ \sum_{i=1}^{n} b_i \]
inputFormat
The first line contains an integer \( n \) that denotes the number of elements in the sequence \( A \).
The second line contains \( n \) space-separated integers: \( a_1, a_2, \ldots, a_n \).
outputFormat
Output a single integer representing \( \sum_{i=1}^{n} b_i \), where \( b_i \) is defined as above.
sample
5
1 5 3 2 4
9