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

public class Main {

    static int N;
    static int[] A;

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        FastScanner sc = new FastScanner(System.in);
        N = sc.nextInt();
        A = sc.nextIntArray(N);

        System.out.println(solve());
    }

    static long[] dp;
    static long INF = Long.MAX_VALUE / 2;

    static long solve() {
        dp = new long[10_000_000];
        Arrays.fill(dp, INF);
        return dfs(0, N-1, 0);
    }

    static long dfs(int i, int j, int t) {
        if( t == N ) return 0;

        int ij = i * (N+1) + j;
        if( dp[ij] != INF ) return dp[ij];

        long a = dfs(i+1, j, t+1);
        long b = dfs(i, j-1, t+1);
        long ret;
        if( t % 2 == 0 ) {
            ret = Math.max(a + A[i], b + A[j]);
        } else {
            ret = Math.min(a - A[i], b - A[j]);
        }
        dp[ij] = ret;
        return ret;
    }

    @SuppressWarnings("unused")
    static class FastScanner {
        private BufferedReader reader;
        private StringTokenizer tokenizer;

        FastScanner(InputStream in) {
            reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(in));
            tokenizer = null;
        }

        String next() {
            if (tokenizer == null || !tokenizer.hasMoreTokens()) {
                try {
                    tokenizer = new StringTokenizer(reader.readLine());
                } catch (IOException e) {
                    throw new RuntimeException(e);
                }
            }
            return tokenizer.nextToken();
        }

        String nextLine() {
            if (tokenizer == null || !tokenizer.hasMoreTokens()) {
                try {
                    return reader.readLine();
                } catch (IOException e) {
                    throw new RuntimeException(e);
                }
            }
            return tokenizer.nextToken("\n");
        }

        long nextLong() {
            return Long.parseLong(next());
        }

        int nextInt() {
            return Integer.parseInt(next());
        }

        int[] nextIntArray(int n) {
            int[] a = new int[n];
            for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) a[i] = nextInt();
            return a;
        }

        int[] nextIntArray(int n, int delta) {
            int[] a = new int[n];
            for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) a[i] = nextInt() + delta;
            return a;
        }

        long[] nextLongArray(int n) {
            long[] a = new long[n];
            for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) a[i] = nextLong();
            return a;
        }
    }

    static void writeLines(int[] as) {
        PrintWriter pw = new PrintWriter(System.out);
        for (int a : as) pw.println(a);
        pw.flush();
    }

    static void writeLines(long[] as) {
        PrintWriter pw = new PrintWriter(System.out);
        for (long a : as) pw.println(a);
        pw.flush();
    }

    static void writeSingleLine(int[] as) {
        PrintWriter pw = new PrintWriter(System.out);
        for (int i = 0; i < as.length; i++) {
            if (i != 0) pw.print(" ");
            pw.print(i);
        }
        pw.println();
        pw.flush();
    }

    static int max(int... as) {
        int max = Integer.MIN_VALUE;
        for (int a : as) max = Math.max(a, max);
        return max;
    }

    static int min(int... as) {
        int min = Integer.MAX_VALUE;
        for (int a : as) min = Math.min(a, min);
        return min;
    }

    static void debug(Object... args) {
        StringJoiner j = new StringJoiner(" ");
        for (Object arg : args) {
            if (arg instanceof int[]) j.add(Arrays.toString((int[]) arg));
            else if (arg instanceof long[]) j.add(Arrays.toString((long[]) arg));
            else if (arg instanceof double[]) j.add(Arrays.toString((double[]) arg));
            else if (arg instanceof Object[]) j.add(Arrays.toString((Object[]) arg));
            else j.add(arg == null ? "null" : arg.toString());
        }
        System.err.println(j.toString());
    }

    static void printSingleLine(int[] array) {
        for (int i = 0; i < array.length; i++) {
            if (i != 0) System.out.print(" ");
            System.out.print(array[i]);
        }
        System.out.println();
    }

    static int lowerBound(int[] array, int value) {
        int low = 0, high = array.length, mid;
        while (low < high) {
            mid = ((high - low) >>> 1) + low;
            if (array[mid] < value) low = mid + 1;
            else high = mid;
        }
        return low;
    }

    static int upperBound(int[] array, int value) {
        int low = 0, high = array.length, mid;
        while (low < high) {
            mid = ((high - low) >>> 1) + low;
            if (array[mid] <= value) low = mid + 1;
            else high = mid;
        }
        return low;
    }
}


Measured memory_bytes: 102740