In this Kata, we define an arithmetic progression as a series of integers in which the differences between adjacent numbers are the same. You will be given an array of ints of `length > 2` and your task will be to convert it into an arithmetic progression by the following rule:
```Haskell
For each element there are exactly three options: an element can be decreased by 1, an element can be increased by 1 
or it can be left unchanged.
```
Return the minimum number of changes needed to convert the array to an arithmetic progression. If not possible, return `-1`.
```Haskell
For example: 
solve([1,1,3,5,6,5]) == 4 because [1,1,3,5,6,5] can be changed to [1,2,3,4,5,6] by making 4 changes.
solve([2,1,2]) == 1 because it can be changed to [2,2,2]
solve([1,2,3]) == 0  because it is already a progression, and no changes are needed.
solve([1,1,10) == -1 because it's impossible.
solve([5,6,5,3,1,1]) == 4. It becomes [6,5,4,3,2,1]
```

More examples in the test cases. Good luck!

```python

USER_FILENAME = "<user_code>"
import sys, json, builtins
import math, heapq, bisect, itertools, functools, collections, statistics, fractions, decimal, operator, array, random, re, string, os, pathlib
try:
    import resource as _res
except Exception:
    _res = None
from collections import Counter, defaultdict, deque, OrderedDict
from functools import lru_cache, reduce
from itertools import accumulate, permutations, combinations, product
from math import gcd, ceil, floor, sqrt
from decimal import Decimal
try:
    from typing import *
except Exception:
    pass
try:
    sys.setrecursionlimit(1_000_000)
except Exception:
    pass
try:
    import site as _site
    try:
        _sys_sites = _site.getsitepackages() if hasattr(_site, "getsitepackages") else []
        for _p in _sys_sites:
            if _p and _p not in sys.path:
                sys.path.append(_p)
    except Exception:
        pass
    try:
        _usp = _site.getusersitepackages()
        if isinstance(_usp, str):
            _usp = [_usp]
        for _p in _usp:
            if _p and _p not in sys.path:
                sys.path.append(_p)
    except Exception:
        pass
except Exception:
    pass

def _disabled_input(*args, **kwargs):
    raise RuntimeError("input() is disabled in callable mode")
builtins.input = _disabled_input

ns = {"__name__": "__judge__"}  # prevent if __name__ == "__main__" blocks
for _k, _v in list(globals().items()):
    if not _k.startswith("_"):
        ns[_k] = _v
_CODE = 'def solve(a):\n    r = []\n    for i in range(-1, 2):\n        for j in range(-1, 2):\n            curr_diff = a[-1]-a[0]+j-i\n            if curr_diff%(len(a)-1) == 0:\n                curr_a = [a[0]+i] + a[1:-1] + [a[-1]+j] \n                k = curr_diff//(len(a)-1)\n                t = [abs(curr_a[0]+i*k-a[i]) for i in range(len(a))]  \n                if max(t) <= 1: r.append(sum(t))\n                    \n    return min(r) if r else -1'
_co = compile(_CODE, USER_FILENAME, "exec")
exec(_co, ns, ns)

_target = None
_fn_name = 'solve'
if _fn_name:
    if "Solution" in ns:
        try:
            _obj = ns["Solution"]()
            if hasattr(_obj, _fn_name):
                _target = getattr(_obj, _fn_name)
        except Exception:
            _target = None
    if _target is None and _fn_name in ns and callable(ns[_fn_name]):
        _target = ns[_fn_name]
# Fallback: if there's exactly one user-defined function, use it
if _target is None:
    _cands = [v for k, v in ns.items() if callable(v) and getattr(v, "__module__", "") in ("__judge__", "__main__")]
    _user_funcs = [c for c in _cands if getattr(c, "__name__", "").startswith("_") is False]
    if len(_user_funcs) == 1:
        _target = _user_funcs[0]
if _target is None:
    raise RuntimeError(f"Could not resolve callable '{_fn_name}'")

_raw = sys.stdin.read().strip()
if _raw:
    _parsed = json.loads(_raw)
    if isinstance(_parsed, dict):
        _kwargs = _parsed.get("kwargs", {})
        _args = _parsed.get("args", [])
    else:
        _args, _kwargs = _parsed, {}
else:
    _args, _kwargs = [], {}
if not isinstance(_args, (list, tuple)):
    _args = [_args]
_res = _target(*_args, **_kwargs)
try:
    sys.stdout.write(repr(_res) + "\n")
except Exception:
    pass

```

Measured memory_bytes: 6530