// C++ includes used for precompiling -*- C++ -*-

// Copyright (C) 2003-2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
//
// This file is part of the GNU ISO C++ Library.  This library is free
// software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the
// terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
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// any later version.

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// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
// GNU General Public License for more details.

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// permissions described in the GCC Runtime Library Exception, version
// 3.1, as published by the Free Software Foundation.

// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License and
// a copy of the GCC Runtime Library Exception along with this program;
// see the files COPYING3 and COPYING.RUNTIME respectively.  If not, see
// <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.

/** @file stdc++.h
 *  This is an implementation file for a precompiled header.
 */

// 17.4.1.2 Headers

// C
#ifndef _GLIBCXX_NO_ASSERT
#include <cassert>
#endif
#include <cctype>
#include <cerrno>
#include <cfloat>
#include <ciso646>
#include <climits>
#include <clocale>
#include <cmath>
#include <csetjmp>
#include <csignal>
#include <cstdarg>
#include <cstddef>
#include <cstdio>
#include <cstdlib>
#include <cstring>
#include <ctime>

#if __cplusplus >= 201103L
#include <ccomplex>
#include <cfenv>
#include <cinttypes>
#include <cstdbool>
#include <cstdint>
#include <ctgmath>
#include <cwchar>
#include <cwctype>
#endif

// C++
#include <algorithm>
#include <bitset>
#include <complex>
#include <deque>
#include <exception>
#include <fstream>
#include <functional>
#include <iomanip>
#include <ios>
#include <iosfwd>
#include <iostream>
#include <istream>
#include <iterator>
#include <limits>
#include <list>
#include <locale>
#include <map>
#include <memory>
#include <new>
#include <numeric>
#include <ostream>
#include <queue>
#include <set>
#include <sstream>
#include <stack>
#include <stdexcept>
#include <streambuf>
#include <string>
#include <typeinfo>
#include <utility>
#include <valarray>
#include <vector>

#if __cplusplus >= 201103L
#include <array>
#include <atomic>
#include <chrono>
#include <condition_variable>
#include <forward_list>
#include <future>
#include <initializer_list>
#include <mutex>
#include <random>
#include <ratio>
#include <regex>
#include <scoped_allocator>
#include <system_error>
#include <thread>
#include <tuple>
#include <typeindex>
#include <type_traits>
#include <unordered_map>
#include <unordered_set>
#endif

/*全てのライブラリをインクルード*/
#define rep(i, n) for (int i = 0; i < (n); ++i)
using namespace std;
using ll = long long;
using P = pair<int, int>;

int main()
{
    ll n;
    cin >> n;
    ll a[n];
    rep(i, n) cin >> a[i];
    ll ans = 100000000;
    sort(a, a + n);
    int center = a[n / 2 - 1];
    ll sum = 0;
    rep(i, n)
    {
        sum += a[i];
    }
    ll average = sum / n;
    ll number1 = 0;
    rep(i, n)
    {
        number1 += (a[i] - center) * (a[i] - center);
    }
    ans = min(ans, number1);
    ll number2 = 0;
    rep(i, n)
    {
        number2 += (a[i] - average - 1) * (a[i] - average - 1);
    }
    ans = min(ans, number2);
    ll number3 = 0;
    rep(i, n)
    {
        number3 += (a[i] - average + 1) * (a[i] - average + 1);
    }
    ans = min(ans, number3);
    ll number4 = 0;
    rep(i, n)
    {
        number4 += (a[i] - average) * (a[i] - average);
    }
    ans = min(ans, number4);

    cout << ans << endl;

    return 0;
}

Measured memory_bytes: 3640