#include<algorithm>
#include<iomanip>
#include<iostream>
#include<map>
#include<set>
#include<stack>
#include<string>
#include<vector>
#include<bitset>
#include<cmath>
#define FOR(i,a,b) for(int i=(a); i<int(b); ++i)
#define RFOR(i,a,b) for(int i=(b)-1; i>=int(a); --i)
#define rep(i,n) FOR(i,0,n)
#define rep1(i,n) FOR(i,1,int(n)+1)
#define rrep(i, n) RFOR(i, 0, n)
#define rrep1(i, n) RFOR(i, 1, int(n) + 1)
#define all(c) begin(c), end(c)
#define al(d) d.begin(),d.end()
#define fill(n) std::setfill('0')<<std::right<<std::setw(n)
template <typename T>
using vec = std::vector<T>;
using vi = vec<int>;
using vvi = vec<vi>;
using pii = std::pair<int, int>;
using ll = long long;
using ld = long double;
using namespace std;
const int MOD = 1000000007;

template <typename T>
void putv(vector<T>& V){
	// cout << "The elements in the vector are: " << endl;
	for(auto x: V)
		cout << x << " ";
	cout << endl;
}
template <class T>
vector<T> getv(int n){
	vector<T> vec;
	rep(i,n){
		T input;
		cin >> input;
		vec.emplace_back(input);
	}
	return vec;
}

using AdjList = vector<vector<int>>;
using Weight = int;
using Flow = int;
struct Edge {
	int src, dst;
	Weight weight;
	Flow cap;
	Edge() : src(0), dst(0), weight(0) {}
	Edge(int s, int d, Weight w) : src(s), dst(d), weight(w) {}
};
using Edges = std::vector<Edge>;
using Graph = std::vector<Edges>;
using Array = std::vector<Weight>;
using Matrix = std::vector<Array>;
void add_edge(Graph &g, int a, int b, Weight w = 1) {
	g[a].emplace_back(a, b, w);
	g[b].emplace_back(b, a, w);
}
void add_arc(Graph &g, int a, int b, Weight w = 1) { g[a].emplace_back(a, b, w); }
// Recieve edge(=(int,int)) as an adj list.
AdjList getadj(int N, int M){
	// Initialize all lists of the graph as a empty vector.
	vector<int> init;
	vector<vector<int>> graph(N,init);
	rep(i,M){
		int a, b;
		cin >> a >> b;
		graph[a-1].emplace_back(b-1);
		graph[b-1].emplace_back(a-1);
	}
// rep(i,N)
//  putv(graph[i]);
	return graph;
}

ll Manhattan_dist(ll x1, ll y1, ll x2, ll y2){
	return abs(x1-x2) + abs(y1-y2);
}
void out(bool ans){
	if(ans == true) cout << "yes" << endl;
	else cout << "no" << endl;
}
void Out(bool ans){
	if(ans == true) cout << "Yes" << endl;
	else cout << "No" << endl;
}
void OUT(bool ans){
	if(ans == true) cout << "YES" << endl;
	else cout << "NO" << endl;
}
ll gcd(const ll a, const ll b){
	return (b==0) ? a : gcd(b,a%b);
}
ll lcm(const ll a, const ll b){
	return a*(b/gcd(a,b));
}
// イテレーティブな方法で適宜組んだ方が時間量領域量ともにセーブできる
// ll lcmv(vector<ll> vec){
// 	int t = vec.size();
// 	if(t==2)
// 		return lcm(vec[0],vec[1]);
// 	ll v = vec[t-1];
// 	vec.pop_back();
// 	return lcm(lcmv(vec),v);
// }
// ll gcdv(vector<ll> vec){
// 	int t = vec.size();
// 	if(t==1)
// 		return vec[0];
// 	if(t==2)
// 		return gcd(vec[0],vec[1]);
// 	ll v = vec[t-1];
// 	vec.pop_back();
// 	return gcd(gcdv(vec),v);
// }

// $\min\{s\in\mathbb{N}:p^s|n\}$
// nをpで何回割れるか
ll hmt_p_divide_n(ll p, ll n){
	ll s = 0;
	while(n%p == 0){
		n /= p;
		s++;
	}
	return s;
}
int digit(ll n){
	int cntr = 0;
	while(n>0){
		n/=10;
		cntr++;
	}
	return cntr;
}

void water();
int N;
int cntr = 0;
vi h;
int main(){
	cin >> N;
	h = getv<int>(N);
	int max_h = *max_element(all(h));
// cout << max_h << endl;
	rep(i,max_h){
// putv(h);
		water();
	}
	cout << cntr << endl;
}

// ０を区切りとして連続する正数のかたまりを数える．
void water(){
	int num_set = 0;
	if(h[0]>0) num_set++;
	for(int i=1; i<N; ++i)
		if(h[i-1]==0 && h[i]>0) num_set++;
	cntr+=num_set;
	rep(i,N) h[i]=max(h[i]-1,0);
}

Measured memory_bytes: 256