#include <ext/pb_ds/assoc_container.hpp>
#include <ext/pb_ds/tree_policy.hpp>
#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
using namespace __gnu_pbds;
typedef long long ll;
typedef long double ld;
typedef pair<int,int> pii;
typedef pair<ll,ll> pll;
typedef pair<ld,ld> pdd;
#define ff(i,a,b) for(int i = a; i <= b; i++)
#define fb(i,b,a) for(int i = b; i >= a; i--)
#define trav(a,x) for (auto& a : x)
#define sz(a) (int)(a).size()
#define pb push_back
#define fi first
#define se second
#define lb lower_bound
#define ub upper_bound
#define all(a) a.begin(), a.end()
#define rall(a) a.rbegin(), a.rend()
mt19937 rng(chrono::steady_clock::now().time_since_epoch().count());
template<typename T>
using ordered_set = tree<T, null_type, less<T>, rb_tree_tag, tree_order_statistics_node_update>;
// os.order_of_key(k) the number of elements in the os less than k
// *os.find_by_order(k) print the k-th smallest number in os(0-based)
const int mod = 1000000007;
const int inf = 1e9 + 5;
const int mxN = 200005;
int n, k;
int niz[mxN];
int dp[mxN][105];
int main() {
cin.tie(0)->sync_with_stdio(0);
cin >> n >> k;
ff(i,1,n)cin >> niz[i];
ff(i,0,n)ff(j,0,k)dp[i][j] = inf;
dp[0][0] = 0;
ff(j,1,k){
ff(i,1,n){
// int mx = 0;
// fb(l,i,1){
// mx = max(mx, niz[l]);
// dp[i][j] = min(dp[i][j], dp[l - 1][j - 1] + mx);
// }
int pos = 0;
fb(l,i,1){
if(niz[i] >= niz[l]){
pos = l;
}
else break;
}
ff(l,pos,i){
dp[i][j] = min(dp[i][j], dp[l - 1][j - 1] + niz[i]);
}
dp[i][j] = min(dp[i][j], dp[pos - 1][j]);
}
}
// ff(i,1,n){
// ff(j,1,k)cout << dp[i][j] << " ";
// cout << '\n';
// }
cout << dp[n][k] << '\n';
return 0;
}
/*
5 1
1 2 3 4 5
5 2
1 2 3 4 5
// probati bojenje sahovski
*/
