{-# OPTIONS_GHC -O2 #-}
{-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings #-}
{-# LANGUAGE BangPatterns #-}
{-# LANGUAGE DeriveFunctor #-}
{-# LANGUAGE TypeSynonymInstances #-}
{-# LANGUAGE FlexibleInstances #-}
module Main where

import Data.Char (isSpace)
import qualified Data.Vector.Unboxed as U
import qualified Data.ByteString.Char8 as C

type Parser a = C.ByteString -> Maybe (a, C.ByteString)

parseInt :: Parser Int
parseInt = C.readInt . C.dropWhile isSpace

getIntVec :: Int -> IO (U.Vector Int)
getIntVec n = U.unfoldrN n parseInt <$> C.getLine

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pair (f, g) x = (f x, g x)
cross (f, g) (x, y) = (f x, g y)

newtype Fix f = In { out :: f (Fix f) }

newtype Cofree f a = Cf { unCf :: (a, f (Cofree f a)) }
extract :: Cofree f t -> t
extract = fst . unCf
sub :: Functor f => Cofree f a -> f (Cofree f a)
sub = snd . unCf

newtype Free f a = Fr { unFr :: Either a (f (Free f a)) }
inject :: a -> Free f a
inject = Fr . Left

-- catamorphism
cata :: Functor f => (f a -> a) -> Fix f -> a
cata phi = phi . fmap (cata phi) . out
-- anamorphism
ana :: Functor f => (a -> f a) -> a -> Fix f
ana psi = In . fmap (ana psi) . psi
-- hylomorphism
hylo :: Functor f => (f b -> b) -> (a -> f a) -> a -> b
hylo phi psi = cata phi . ana psi -- phi . fmap (hylo phi psi) . psi
-- metamorphism
meta :: Functor f => (f a -> a) -> (a -> f a) -> Fix f -> Fix f
meta phi psi = ana psi . cata phi -- In . fmap (meta phi psi) . out
-- paramorphism
para :: Functor f => (f (Fix f, t) -> t) -> Fix f -> t
para phi = phi . fmap (pair (id, para phi)) . out
-- apomorphism
apo :: Functor f => (t -> f (Either (Fix f) t)) -> t -> Fix f
apo psi = In . fmap (uncurry either (id, apo psi)) . psi
-- histomorphism
histo :: Functor f => (f (Cofree f t) -> t) -> Fix f -> t
histo phi = extract . cata (Cf . pair (phi, id))
-- futumorphism
futu :: Functor f => (t -> f (Free f t)) -> t -> Fix f
futu psi = ana (uncurry either (psi, id) . unFr) . inject
-- chronomorphism
chrono :: Functor f => (f (Cofree f b) -> b) -> (a -> f (Free f a)) -> a -> b
chrono phi psi = histo phi . futu psi
-- cochronomorphism
cochrono :: Functor f => (f (Cofree f t) -> t) -> (t -> f (Free f t)) -> Fix f -> Fix f
cochrono phi psi = futu psi . histo phi
-- zygomorphism
zygo :: Functor f => (f a -> a) -> (f (a, b) -> b) -> Fix f -> b
zygo f phi = snd . cata (pair (f . fmap fst, phi))
-- cozygomorphism
cozygo :: Functor f => (a -> f a) -> (b -> f (Either a b)) -> b -> Fix f
cozygo f psi = ana (uncurry either (fmap Left . f, psi)) . Right
-- dynamorphism
dyna :: Functor f => (f (Cofree f b) -> b) -> (a -> f a) -> a -> b
dyna f g = chrono f (fmap inject . g) -- histo f . ana g
-- codynamorphism
codyna :: Functor f => (f b -> b) -> (a -> f (Free f a)) -> a -> b
codyna f g = chrono (f . fmap extract) g
-- mutumorphism
mutu :: Functor f => (a -> b) -> (f a -> a) -> Fix f -> b
mutu proj phi = proj . cata phi


foldn (c, f) 0 = c
foldn (c, f) n = f (foldn (c, f) (n-1))

paran (c, f) 0 = c
paran (c, f) n = f n (paran (c, f) (n-1))

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main :: IO ()
main = do
  !n <- readLn :: IO Int
  !hs <- getIntVec n
  print $ solve hs (n-1)

data NonEmptyListF a = NonEmptyListF Int (Maybe a) deriving (Show, Functor)
type NonEmptyList = Fix NonEmptyListF
instance Show NonEmptyList where
  show (In (NonEmptyListF h Nothing)) = show h ++ ":[]"
  show (In (NonEmptyListF h (Just t))) = show h ++ ":" ++ show t

solve :: U.Vector Int -> Int -> Int
solve vec = dyna phi psi
  where
    psi 0 = NonEmptyListF (vec U.! 0) Nothing
    psi i = NonEmptyListF (vec U.! i) (Just (i-1))

    phi (NonEmptyListF h Nothing) = 0
    phi (NonEmptyListF h (Just t)) = case sub t of
      NonEmptyListF h' Nothing   -> abs (h-h')
      NonEmptyListF h' (Just t') -> case sub t' of
        NonEmptyListF h'' _ -> min f1 f2
          where
            f1 = extract t  + abs (h-h')
            f2 = extract t' + abs (h-h'')


Measured memory_bytes: 16764