# coding: utf-8
import re
import math
from collections import defaultdict
import itertools
from copy import deepcopy
import random
from heapq import heappop,heappush
import time
import os
import queue
import sys
import datetime
from functools import lru_cache
#@lru_cache(maxsize=None)
readline=sys.stdin.readline
sys.setrecursionlimit(2000000)
#import numpy as np
alphabet="abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"
mod=int(10**9+7)
inf=int(10**20)
def yn(b):
    if b:
        print("yes")
    else:
        print("no")
def Yn(b):
    if b:
        print("Yes")
    else:
        print("No")
def YN(b):
    if b:
        print("YES")
    else:
        print("NO")
class union_find():
    def __init__(self,n):
        self.n=n
        self.P=[a for a in range(N)]
        self.rank=[0]*n
 
    def find(self,x):
        if(x!=self.P[x]):self.P[x]=self.find(self.P[x])
        return self.P[x]
 
    def same(self,x,y):
        return self.find(x)==self.find(y)
 
    def link(self,x,y):
        if self.rank[x]<self.rank[y]:
            self.P[x]=y
        elif self.rank[y]<self.rank[x]:
            self.P[y]=x
        else:
            self.P[x]=y
            self.rank[y]+=1
 
    def unite(self,x,y):
        self.link(self.find(x),self.find(y))
 
    def size(self):
        S=set()
        for a in range(self.n):
            S.add(self.find(a))
        return len(S)
def is_power(a,b):#aはbの累乗数か
    now=b
    while now<a:
        now*=b
    if now==a:return True
    else:return False
def bin_(num,size):
    A=[0]*size
    for a in range(size):
        if (num>>(size-a-1))&1==1:
            A[a]=1
        else:
            A[a]=0
    return A
def get_facs(n,mod_=0):
    A=[1]*(n+1)
    for a in range(2,len(A)):
        A[a]=A[a-1]*a
        if(mod>0):A[a]%=mod_
    return A
def comb(n,r,mod,fac):
    if(n-r<0):return 0
    return (fac[n]*pow(fac[n-r],mod-2,mod)*pow(fac[r],mod-2,mod))%mod
def next_comb(num,size):
    x=num&(-num)
    y=num+x
    z=num&(~y)
    z//=x
    z=z>>1
    num=(y|z)
    if(num>=(1<<size)):return False
    else:
        return num
def get_primes(n,type="int"):
    A=[True]*(n+1)
    A[0]=False
    A[1]=False
    for a in range(2,n+1):
        if A[a]:
            for b in range(a*2,n+1,a):
                A[b]=False
    if(type=="bool"):return A
    B=[]
    for a in range(n+1):
        if(A[a]):B.append(a)
    return B
def is_prime(num):
    if(num<=2):return False
    i=2
    while i*i<=num:
       if(num%i==0):return False
       i+=1
    return True
def ifelse(a,b,c):
    if a:return b
    else:return  c
def join(A,c=""):
    n=len(A)
    A=list(map(str,A))
    s=""
    for a in range(n):
        s+=A[a]
        if(a<n-1):s+=c
    return s
def factorize(n,type_="dict"):
    b = 2
    list_ = []
    while b * b <= n:
        while n % b == 0:
            n //= b
            list_.append(b)
        b+=1
    if n > 1:list_.append(n)
    if type_=="dict":
        dic={}
        for a in list_:
            if a in dic:
                dic[a]+=1
            else:
                dic[a]=1
        return dic
    elif type_=="list":
        return list_
    else:
        return None
def floor_(n,x=1):
    return x*(n//x)
def ceil_(n,x=1):
    return x*((n+x-1)//x)
def hani(x,min_,max_):
    ret=x
    if x<min_:ret=min_
    if x>max_:ret=max_
    return ret
def seifu(x):
    return x//abs(x)
###################################################

def main():
    K,N=map(int,input().split())
    A=list(map(int,input().split()))
    A.sort()
    mmax=0
    for a in range(0,N):
        mmax=max(mmax,abs(A[(a+1)%N]+K*((a+1)//N)-A[a]))
    print(K-mmax)

main()

Measured memory_bytes: 26700