import java.io.DataInputStream;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.Scanner;

public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
	    Main main = new Main();
	    main.solve();
    }

    public void solve() throws IOException {
//        Scanner sc = new Scanner(System.in);
        Reader sc = new Reader();
        int N = sc.nextInt();
        long[] as = new long[N+1];

        for(int i=1; i<=N; ++i) {
            as[i] = sc.nextLong();
        }

        long[][] dp = new long[N+1][N+1];

        // d_{i,j} i와 j가 서로 같은 경우
        // d_{2,2}는 as_2와 같음
        for(int i=0; i<dp.length; ++i) {
            dp[i][i] = as[i];
        }

        for(int d_ij=1; d_ij<N; ++d_ij) {
            for(int k=1; k<=N; ++k) {
                int i = k;
                int j = i+d_ij;
                if(j<=N) {
//                    System.out.printf("%dx%d ", i, j);
                    dp[i][j] = Math.max(as[i] - dp[i+1][j], as[j] - dp[i][j-1]);
                }
            }
//            System.out.printf("\n");
        }

        System.out.println(dp[1][N]);
    }

    // https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/fast-io-in-java-in-competitive-programming/
    class Reader
    {
        final private int BUFFER_SIZE = 1 << 16;
        private DataInputStream din;
        private byte[] buffer;
        private int bufferPointer, bytesRead;

        public Reader()
        {
            din = new DataInputStream(System.in);
            buffer = new byte[BUFFER_SIZE];
            bufferPointer = bytesRead = 0;
        }

        public Reader(String file_name) throws IOException
        {
            din = new DataInputStream(new FileInputStream(file_name));
            buffer = new byte[BUFFER_SIZE];
            bufferPointer = bytesRead = 0;
        }

        public String nextLine() throws IOException
        {
            byte[] buf = new byte[64]; // line length
            int cnt = 0, c;
            while ((c = read()) != -1)
            {
                if (c == '\n')
                    break;
                buf[cnt++] = (byte) c;
            }
            return new String(buf, 0, cnt);
        }

        public int nextInt() throws IOException
        {
            int ret = 0;
            byte c = read();
            while (c <= ' ')
                c = read();
            boolean neg = (c == '-');
            if (neg)
                c = read();
            do
            {
                ret = ret * 10 + c - '0';
            }  while ((c = read()) >= '0' && c <= '9');

            if (neg)
                return -ret;
            return ret;
        }

        public long nextLong() throws IOException
        {
            long ret = 0;
            byte c = read();
            while (c <= ' ')
                c = read();
            boolean neg = (c == '-');
            if (neg)
                c = read();
            do {
                ret = ret * 10 + c - '0';
            }
            while ((c = read()) >= '0' && c <= '9');
            if (neg)
                return -ret;
            return ret;
        }

        public double nextDouble() throws IOException
        {
            double ret = 0, div = 1;
            byte c = read();
            while (c <= ' ')
                c = read();
            boolean neg = (c == '-');
            if (neg)
                c = read();

            do {
                ret = ret * 10 + c - '0';
            }
            while ((c = read()) >= '0' && c <= '9');

            if (c == '.')
            {
                while ((c = read()) >= '0' && c <= '9')
                {
                    ret += (c - '0') / (div *= 10);
                }
            }

            if (neg)
                return -ret;
            return ret;
        }

        private void fillBuffer() throws IOException
        {
            bytesRead = din.read(buffer, bufferPointer = 0, BUFFER_SIZE);
            if (bytesRead == -1)
                buffer[0] = -1;
        }

        private byte read() throws IOException
        {
            if (bufferPointer == bytesRead)
                fillBuffer();
            return buffer[bufferPointer++];
        }

        public void close() throws IOException
        {
            if (din == null)
                return;
            din.close();
        }
    }
}


Measured memory_bytes: 128852