We have N (where N > 2) stones of various heights laid out in a row. Task is to make a pyramid from given array of stones. In a pyramid, height of the stones start from 1, increase by 1, until it reaches some value x, then decreases by 1 until it reaches 1 again i.e. the stones should be 1, 2, 3, 4…x – 1, x, x – 1, x – 2 … 1. All other stones not part of the pyramid should have a height 0. We cannot move any of the stones from their current position, however, by paying a fee of 1, we can reduce the heights of the stones. We wish to minimize the cost of building a pyramid. Output the minimum cost to build this pyramid.
N<10^3 height<10^4
Examples:
Input : 1 2 3 4 2 1
Output : 4
The best pyramid that can be formed in this case is:
1 2 3 2 1 0
The cost is thus:
(4 — 2) + (2 — 1) + (1 — 0) = 4
Input : 1 5 2
Output : 4
We make a pyramid 1 2 1
Input : 1 2 1
Output : 0
We already have a pyramid, we do not need to do any
further construction.