Problem:
Score : 800 points

Problem Statement

Takahashi Lake has a perimeter of L. On the circumference of the lake, there is a residence of the lake's owner, Takahashi.
Each point on the circumference of the lake has a coordinate between 0 and L (including 0 but not L), which is the distance from the Takahashi's residence, measured counter-clockwise.

There are N trees around the lake; the coordinate of the i-th tree is X_i. There is no tree at coordinate 0, the location of Takahashi's residence.

Starting at his residence, Takahashi will repeat the following action:

If all trees are burnt, terminate the process.

Specify a direction: clockwise or counter-clockwise.

Walk around the lake in the specified direction, until the coordinate of a tree that is not yet burnt is reached for the first time.

When the coordinate with the tree is reached, burn that tree, stay at the position and go back to the first step.

Find the longest possible total distance Takahashi walks during the process.

Partial Score

A partial score can be obtained in this problem:

300 points will be awarded for passing the input satisfying N \leq 2000.

Constraints

2 \leq L \leq 10^9

1 \leq N \leq 2\times 10^5

1 \leq X_1 < ... < X_N \leq L-1

All values in input are integers.

Input

Input is given from Standard Input in the following format:

L N
X_1
:
X_N

Output

Print the longest possible total distance Takahashi walks during the process.

Sample Input 1

10 3
2
7
9

Sample Output 1

15

Takahashi walks the distance of 15 if the process goes as follows:

Walk a distance of 2 counter-clockwise, burn the tree at the coordinate 2 and stay there.

Walk a distance of 5 counter-clockwise, burn the tree at the coordinate 7 and stay there.

Walk a distance of 8 clockwise, burn the tree at the coordinate 9 and stay there.

Sample Input 2

10 6
1
2
3
6
7
9

Sample Output 2

27

Sample Input 3

314159265 7
21662711
77271666
89022761
156626166
160332356
166902656
298992265

Sample Output 3

1204124749

Solution in Java8 (OpenJDK 1.8.0) (judge verdict: Accepted)

/**
 * Created at 15:16 on 2019-08-17
 */

import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;

public class Main {

  static FastScanner sc = new FastScanner();
  static Output out = new Output(System.out);

  static final int[] dx = {0, 1, 0, -1};
  static final int[] dy = {-1, 0, 1, 0};

  static final long MOD = (long) (1e9 + 7);
  static final long INF = Long.MAX_VALUE / 2;

  public static class Solver {
    int N;
    long L;
    public Solver() {

      L = sc.nextLong();
      N = sc.nextInt();

      long[] X = sc.nextLongArray(N, false);

      long[] Y = new long[N];

      for (int i=0; i<N; i++) {
        Y[i] = L - X[N-1-i];
      }

      long ans1 = f(X);
      long ans2 = f(Y);

      out.println(Math.max(ans1, ans2));

    }

    long f(long[] X) {
      long[] distRight = new long[N+1];
      for (int i=1; i<=N; i++) {
        distRight[i] = 2*X[i-1] + distRight[i-1];
      }

      long[] distLeft = new long[N+1];
      for (int i=1; i<=N; i++) {
        distLeft[i] = 2*(L-X[N-i]) + distLeft[i-1];
      }

      long ans = 0;
      for (int i=0; i<N; i++) {
        long sum = 0;
        int remaining = N-(i+1);
        sum += distRight[i+remaining/2+1]-distRight[i];
        sum += distLeft[remaining-remaining/2];
        if (remaining % 2 == 0) {
          sum -= X[i + remaining / 2];
        } else {
          sum -= L - X[N - (remaining - remaining / 2)];
        }
        ans = Math.max(ans, sum);
      }
      return ans;
    }
  }

  public static void main(String[] args) {
    new Solver();
    out.flush();
  }

  static class FastScanner {
    private final InputStream in = System.in;
    private final byte[] buffer = new byte[1024];
    private int ptr = 0;
    private int buflen = 0;

    private boolean hasNextByte() {
      if (ptr < buflen) {
        return true;
      } else {
        ptr = 0;
        try {
          buflen = in.read(buffer);
        } catch (IOException e) {
          e.printStackTrace();
        }
        if (buflen <= 0) {
          return false;
        }
      }
      return true;
    }

    private int readByte() {
      if (hasNextByte()) return buffer[ptr++];
      else return -1;
    }

    private static boolean isPrintableChar(int c) {
      return 33 <= c && c <= 126;
    }

    private void skipUnprintable() {
      while (hasNextByte() && !isPrintableChar(buffer[ptr])) ptr++;
    }

    public boolean hasNext() {
      skipUnprintable();
      return hasNextByte();
    }

    public String next() {
      if (!hasNext()) throw new NoSuchElementException();
      StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
      int b = readByte();
      while (isPrintableChar(b)) {
        sb.appendCodePoint(b);
        b = readByte();
      }
      return sb.toString();
    }

    public long nextLong() {
      if (!hasNext()) throw new NoSuchElementException();
      long n = 0;
      boolean minus = false;
      int b = readByte();
      if (b == '-') {
        minus = true;
        b = readByte();
      }
      if (b < '0' || '9' < b) {
        throw new NumberFormatException();
      }
      while (true) {
        if ('0' <= b && b <= '9') {
          n *= 10;
          n += b - '0';
        } else if (b == -1 || !isPrintableChar(b)) {
          return minus ? -n : n;
        } else {
          throw new NumberFormatException();
        }
        b = readByte();
      }
    }

    public int nextInt() {
      return (int) nextLong();
    }

    public int[] nextIntArray(int N, boolean oneBased) {
      if (oneBased) {
        int[] array = new int[N + 1];
        for (int i = 1; i <= N; i++) {
          array[i] = sc.nextInt();
        }
        return array;
      } else {
        int[] array = new int[N];
        for (int i = 0; i < N; i++) {
          array[i] = sc.nextInt();
        }
        return array;
      }
    }

    public long[] nextLongArray(int N, boolean oneBased) {
      if (oneBased) {
        long[] array = new long[N + 1];
        for (int i = 1; i <= N; i++) {
          array[i] = sc.nextLong();
        }
        return array;
      } else {
        long[] array = new long[N];
        for (int i = 0; i < N; i++) {
          array[i] = sc.nextLong();
        }
        return array;
      }
    }
  }

  static class Output extends PrintWriter {

    public Output(PrintStream ps) {
      super(ps);
    }

    public void print(int[] a, String separator) {
      for (int i = 0; i < a.length; i++) {
        if (i == 0) print(a[i]);
        else print(separator + a[i]);
      }
      println();
    }

    public void print(long[] a, String separator) {
      for (int i = 0; i < a.length; i++) {
        if (i == 0) print(a[i]);
        else print(separator + a[i]);
      }
      println();
    }

    public void print(String[] a, String separator) {
      for (int i = 0; i < a.length; i++) {
        if (i == 0) print(a[i]);
        else print(separator + a[i]);
      }
      println();
    }

    public void print(ArrayList a, String separator) {
      for (int i = 0; i < a.size(); i++) {
        if (i == 0) print(a.get(i));
        else print(separator + a.get(i));
      }
      println();
    }
  }

}