import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.util.*;

public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] args){
        FastScanner sc = new FastScanner();
        int n = sc.nextInt();
        int[] rates = new int[n];
        long maxv = -2000000000;
        for(int i=0; i<n; i++){
            rates[i] = sc.nextInt();
        }
        /**
         * この場合,O(n^2)で n=200000 20^10　> 10^8   
         * for(int j=1; j<n; j++){
         *             for(int i=0; i<j; i++){
         *                 maxv = Math.max(rates[j] - rates[i], maxv);
         *             }
         *         }
         */
        
        // minvを保持することで　O(n)
        long minv = rates[0];
        for(int j=1; j<n; j++){
            maxv = Math.max(maxv, rates[j] - minv);
            minv = Math.min(minv, rates[j]);
        }


        System.out.println(maxv);

    }

    static class FastScanner {
        private final InputStream in = System.in;
        private final byte[] buffer = new byte[1024];
        private int ptr = 0;
        private int buflen = 0;
        private boolean hasNextByte() {
            if (ptr < buflen) {
                return true;
            }else{
                ptr = 0;
                try {
                    buflen = in.read(buffer);
                } catch (IOException e) {
                    e.printStackTrace();
                }
                if (buflen <= 0) {
                    return false;
                }
            }
            return true;
        }
        private int readByte() { if (hasNextByte()) return buffer[ptr++]; else return -1;}
        private static boolean isPrintableChar(int c) { return 33 <= c && c <= 126;}
        public boolean hasNext() { while(hasNextByte() && !isPrintableChar(buffer[ptr])) ptr++; return hasNextByte();}
        public String next() {
            if (!hasNext()) throw new NoSuchElementException();
            StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
            int b = readByte();
            while(isPrintableChar(b)) {
                sb.appendCodePoint(b);
                b = readByte();
            }
            return sb.toString();
        }
        public long nextLong() {
            if (!hasNext()) throw new NoSuchElementException();
            long n = 0;
            boolean minus = false;
            int b = readByte();
            if (b == '-') {
                minus = true;
                b = readByte();
            }
            if (b < '0' || '9' < b) {
                throw new NumberFormatException();
            }
            while(true){
                if ('0' <= b && b <= '9') {
                    n *= 10;
                    n += b - '0';
                }else if(b == -1 || !isPrintableChar(b)){
                    return minus ? -n : n;
                }else{
                    throw new NumberFormatException();
                }
                b = readByte();
            }
        }
        public int nextInt() {
            long nl = nextLong();
            if (nl < Integer.MIN_VALUE || nl > Integer.MAX_VALUE) throw new NumberFormatException();
            return (int) nl;
        }
        public double nextDouble() { return Double.parseDouble(next());}
    }
}


Measured memory_bytes: 28024