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Maximum Non-Contiguous Sum of a Series

Given an arbitrary series, we've to calculate the maximum sum confined to only one restriction-
If we choose any number a [ i ] to calculate the sum, we can't choose a [ i+1 ]
Let's take a series: a[ ]= {1,2,3,4,5,9}

Linear Solution: Take two variable inc and exl. inc will store value if we choose a [ i ] to calculate the sum & exl will store value if we do not choose a [ i ], for any 0 ≤ i ≤ n. Now for every step, we have to calculate inc and exl. After iteration ends, max( inc,exl ) is the maximum non-contiguous sum. Roughly-

Why inc = exl + a [ i ] ? because the already calculated exl is from i-2. So if we choosed inc=  inc + a [ i ] , that would be a contiguous sum. exl is maximum of inc & exl right until  i-1.
Top Down solution( DP ): If you're familiar with dynamic programming, you know that, we need to calculate dp[n] - the maximum non contiguous sum at nth index.
Now we can have two possible state, we'll select the maximum one.
dp[ i ] = a [ i ] + dp [ i-2 ]   choosing i'th value
dp[ i ] = a [ i-1 ] + dp [ i-3 ]  choosing the value before i'th
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