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Formula for Sequential Sub-Problem Solving

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Recursive Formula for Sub-Problem Solving

This formula presents a recursive or self-referential definition for solving the i-th sub-problem, $p_i$ . It is expressed as: $a_i = S_i(p_i, \{p_0, p_i, a_i\})$ Here, the answer $a_i$ is defined by a function $S_i$ that takes the current sub-problem $p_i$ as input. The context for solving includes the original problem $p_0$ , the current sub-problem $p_i$ , and the answer $a_i$ itself. This implies that a valid answer $a_i$ must satisfy this recursive relationship.