You are given an array of integers nums
with length n
, and a positive odd integer k
.
Select exactly k
disjoint subarrays sub1, sub2, ..., subk
from nums
such that the last element of subi
appears before the first element of sub{i+1}
for all 1 <= i <= k-1
. The goal is to maximize their combined strength.
The strength of the selected subarrays is defined as:
strength = k * sum(sub1)- (k - 1) * sum(sub2) + (k - 2) * sum(sub3) - ... - 2 * sum(sub{k-1}) + sum(subk)
where sum(subi)
is the sum of the elements in the i
-th subarray.
Return the maximum possible strength that can be obtained from selecting exactly k
disjoint subarrays from nums
.
Note that the chosen subarrays don't need to cover the entire array.
Example 1:
Input: nums = [1,2,3,-1,2], k = 3
Output: 22
Explanation:
The best possible way to select 3 subarrays is: nums[0..2], nums[3..3], and nums[4..4]. The strength is calculated as follows:
strength = 3 * (1 + 2 + 3) - 2 * (-1) + 2 = 22
Example 2:
Input: nums = [12,-2,-2,-2,-2], k = 5
Output: 64
Explanation:
The only possible way to select 5 disjoint subarrays is: nums[0..0], nums[1..1], nums[2..2], nums[3..3], and nums[4..4]. The strength is calculated as follows:
strength = 5 * 12 - 4 * (-2) + 3 * (-2) - 2 * (-2) + (-2) = 64
Example 3:
Input: nums = [-1,-2,-3], k = 1
Output: -1
Explanation:
The best possible way to select 1 subarray is: nums[0..0]. The strength is -1.
Constraints:
1 <= n <= 104
-109 <= nums[i] <= 109
1 <= k <= n
1 <= n * k <= 106
k
is odd.