import java.io.OutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.OutputStream;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.Random;
import java.util.TreeSet;
import java.io.UncheckedIOException;
import java.io.Closeable;
import java.io.Writer;
import java.io.OutputStreamWriter;
import java.io.InputStream;

/**
 * Built using CHelper plug-in
 * Actual solution is at the top
 *
 * @author daltao
 */
public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        Thread thread = new Thread(null, new TaskAdapter(), "daltao", 1 << 27);
        thread.start();
        thread.join();
    }

    static class TaskAdapter implements Runnable {
        @Override
        public void run() {
            InputStream inputStream = System.in;
            OutputStream outputStream = System.out;
            FastInput in = new FastInput(inputStream);
            FastOutput out = new FastOutput(outputStream);
            TaskE solver = new TaskE();
            solver.solve(1, in, out);
            out.close();
        }
    }

    static class TaskE {
        public void solve(int testNumber, FastInput in, FastOutput out) {
            int n = in.readInt();

            int[][] balls = new int[n][2];
            int rMax = 0;
            int bMax = 0;
            int rMin = (int) 1e9;
            int bMin = rMin;
            for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
                int a = in.readInt();
                int b = in.readInt();
                if (a > b) {
                    int tmp = a;
                    a = b;
                    b = tmp;
                }
                balls[i][0] = a;
                balls[i][1] = b;
                rMax = Math.max(rMax, a);
                rMin = Math.min(rMin, a);
                bMax = Math.max(bMax, b);
                bMin = Math.min(bMin, b);
            }

            long ans = (long) (rMax - rMin) * (bMax - bMin);

            rMin = Math.min(rMin, bMin);
            rMax = Math.max(rMax, bMax);
            TreeSet<int[]> orderByMin = new TreeSet<>((a, b) -> a[0] == b[0] ? a[1] - b[1] : a[0] - b[0]);
            TreeSet<int[]> orderByMax = new TreeSet<>((a, b) -> a[1] == b[1] ? a[0] - b[0] : a[1] - b[1]);
            for (int[] ball : balls) {
                orderByMin.add(ball);
            }

            IntList seq = new IntList(n * 2);
            for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
                seq.add(balls[i][0]);
                seq.add(balls[i][1]);
            }
            seq.unique();
            for (int i = 0; i < seq.size(); i++) {
                int v = seq.get(i);
                while (!orderByMin.isEmpty() && orderByMin.first()[0] < v) {
                    int[] ball = orderByMin.pollFirst();
                    orderByMax.add(ball);
                }
                if (!orderByMax.isEmpty() && orderByMax.first()[1] < v) {
                    break;
                }
                int mx = 0;
                if (!orderByMin.isEmpty()) {
                    mx = Math.max(mx, orderByMin.last()[0]);
                }
                if (!orderByMax.isEmpty()) {
                    mx = Math.max(mx, orderByMax.last()[1]);
                }

                ans = Math.min(ans, (long) (rMax - rMin) * (mx - v));
            }

            out.println(ans);
        }

    }

    static class FastInput {
        private final InputStream is;
        private byte[] buf = new byte[1 << 13];
        private int bufLen;
        private int bufOffset;
        private int next;

        public FastInput(InputStream is) {
            this.is = is;
        }

        private int read() {
            while (bufLen == bufOffset) {
                bufOffset = 0;
                try {
                    bufLen = is.read(buf);
                } catch (IOException e) {
                    throw new RuntimeException(e);
                }
                if (bufLen == -1) {
                    return -1;
                }
            }
            return buf[bufOffset++];
        }

        public void skipBlank() {
            while (next >= 0 && next <= 32) {
                next = read();
            }
        }

        public int readInt() {
            int sign = 1;

            skipBlank();
            if (next == '+' || next == '-') {
                sign = next == '+' ? 1 : -1;
                next = read();
            }

            int val = 0;
            if (sign == 1) {
                while (next >= '0' && next <= '9') {
                    val = val * 10 + next - '0';
                    next = read();
                }
            } else {
                while (next >= '0' && next <= '9') {
                    val = val * 10 - next + '0';
                    next = read();
                }
            }

            return val;
        }

    }

    static class Randomized {
        static Random random = new Random();

        public static void randomizedArray(int[] data, int from, int to) {
            to--;
            for (int i = from; i <= to; i++) {
                int s = nextInt(i, to);
                int tmp = data[i];
                data[i] = data[s];
                data[s] = tmp;
            }
        }

        public static int nextInt(int l, int r) {
            return random.nextInt(r - l + 1) + l;
        }

    }

    static class FastOutput implements AutoCloseable, Closeable {
        private StringBuilder cache = new StringBuilder(10 << 20);
        private final Writer os;

        public FastOutput(Writer os) {
            this.os = os;
        }

        public FastOutput(OutputStream os) {
            this(new OutputStreamWriter(os));
        }

        public FastOutput println(long c) {
            cache.append(c).append('\n');
            return this;
        }

        public FastOutput flush() {
            try {
                os.append(cache);
                cache.setLength(0);
            } catch (IOException e) {
                throw new UncheckedIOException(e);
            }
            return this;
        }

        public void close() {
            flush();
            try {
                os.close();
            } catch (IOException e) {
                throw new UncheckedIOException(e);
            }
        }

    }

    static class IntList {
        private int size;
        private int cap;
        private int[] data;
        private static final int[] EMPTY = new int[0];

        public IntList(int cap) {
            this.cap = cap;
            if (cap == 0) {
                data = EMPTY;
            } else {
                data = new int[cap];
            }
        }

        public IntList(IntList list) {
            this.size = list.size;
            this.cap = list.cap;
            this.data = Arrays.copyOf(list.data, size);
        }

        public IntList() {
            this(0);
        }

        private void ensureSpace(int need) {
            int req = size + need;
            if (req > cap) {
                while (cap < req) {
                    cap = Math.max(cap + 10, 2 * cap);
                }
                data = Arrays.copyOf(data, cap);
            }
        }

        private void checkRange(int i) {
            if (i < 0 || i >= size) {
                throw new ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException();
            }
        }

        public int get(int i) {
            checkRange(i);
            return data[i];
        }

        public void add(int x) {
            ensureSpace(1);
            data[size++] = x;
        }

        public void sort() {
            if (size <= 1) {
                return;
            }
            Randomized.randomizedArray(data, 0, size);
            Arrays.sort(data, 0, size);
        }

        public void unique() {
            if (size <= 1) {
                return;
            }

            sort();
            int wpos = 1;
            for (int i = 1; i < size; i++) {
                if (data[i] != data[wpos - 1]) {
                    data[wpos++] = data[i];
                }
            }
            size = wpos;
        }

        public int size() {
            return size;
        }

        public int[] toArray() {
            return Arrays.copyOf(data, size);
        }

        public String toString() {
            return Arrays.toString(toArray());
        }

    }
}



Measured memory_bytes: 89812