#P17372. [ECNA 2023] Double Up
[ECNA 2023] Double Up
Problem Description
A Double Up game consists of a sequence of numbers , where each is a power of two. In one move one can either remove one of the numbers, or merge two identical adjacent numbers into a single number of twice the value. For example, for sequence , we can merge the s and obtain , then merge the s and obtain , then remove the , and, finally, merge the s, obtaining a single final number, . We play the game until a single number remains. What is the largest number we can obtain?
Input Format
The input consists of two lines. The first line contains (). The second line contains numbers , where for each .
Output Format
The output consists of a single line containing the largest number that can be obtained from the input sequence .
5
4 2 2 1 8
16