Solution.py

class Solution:
    def minSteps(self, n: int) -> int:
        @cache
        def dfs(n):
            if n == 1:
                return 0
            i, ans = 2, n
            while i * i <= n:
                if n % i == 0:
                    ans = min(ans, dfs(n // i) + i)
                i += 1
            return ans

        return dfs(n)