#pragma GCC optimize ("O3")
#pragma GCC target ("avx")
#include "bits/stdc++.h" // define macro "/D__MAI"

using namespace std;
typedef long long int ll;

#define xprintf(fmt,...) fprintf(stderr,fmt,__VA_ARGS__)
#define debugv(v) {printf("L%d %s > ",__LINE__,#v);for(auto e:v){cout<<e<<" ";}cout<<endl;}
#define debuga(m,w) {printf("L%d %s > ",__LINE__,#m);for(int x=0;x<(w);x++){cout<<(m)[x]<<" ";}cout<<endl;}
#define debugaa(m,h,w) {printf("L%d %s >\n",__LINE__,#m);for(int y=0;y<(h);y++){for(int x=0;x<(w);x++){cout<<(m)[y][x]<<" ";}cout<<endl;}}
#define ALL(v) (v).begin(),(v).end()
#define repeat(cnt,l) for(auto cnt=0ll;(cnt)<(l);++(cnt))
#define iterate(cnt,b,e) for(auto cnt=(b);(cnt)!=(e);++(cnt))
#define MD 1000000007ll
#define PI 3.1415926535897932384626433832795
#define EPS 1e-12
template<typename T1, typename T2> ostream& operator <<(ostream &o, const pair<T1, T2> p) { o << "(" << p.first << ":" << p.second << ")"; return o; }
template<typename iterator> inline size_t argmin(iterator begin, iterator end) { return distance(begin, min_element(begin, end)); }
template<typename iterator> inline size_t argmax(iterator begin, iterator end) { return distance(begin, max_element(begin, end)); }
template<typename T> T& maxset(T& to, const T& val) { return to = max(to, val); }
template<typename T> T& minset(T& to, const T& val) { return to = min(to, val); }
void bye(string s, int code = 0) { cout << s << endl; exit(0); }
mt19937_64 randdev(8901016);
inline ll rand_range(ll l, ll h) {
    return uniform_int_distribution<ll>(l, h)(randdev);
}

#ifdef __MAI
#define getchar_unlocked getchar
#define putchar_unlocked putchar
#endif
#ifdef __VSCC
#define getchar_unlocked _getchar_nolock
#define putchar_unlocked _putchar_nolock
#endif
namespace {
#define isvisiblechar(c) (0x21<=(c)&&(c)<=0x7E)
    class MaiScanner {
    public:
        template<typename T> void input_integer(T& var) {
            var = 0;
            T sign = 1;
            int cc = getchar_unlocked();
            for (; cc<'0' || '9'<cc; cc = getchar_unlocked())
                if (cc == '-') sign = -1;
            for (; '0' <= cc&&cc <= '9'; cc = getchar_unlocked())
                var = (var << 3) + (var << 1) + cc - '0';
            var = var*sign;
        }
        inline int c() { return getchar_unlocked(); }
        inline MaiScanner& operator>>(int& var) {
            input_integer<int>(var);
            return *this;
        }
        inline MaiScanner& operator>>(long long& var) {
            input_integer<long long>(var);
            return *this;
        }
        inline MaiScanner& operator>>(string& var) {
            int cc = getchar_unlocked();
            for (; !isvisiblechar(cc); cc = getchar_unlocked());
            for (; isvisiblechar(cc); cc = getchar_unlocked())
                var.push_back(cc);
            return *this;
        }
        template<typename IT> void in(IT begin, IT end) {
            for (auto it = begin; it != end; ++it) *this >> *it;
        }
    };
}
MaiScanner scanner;


ll m, n, kei;

vector<pair<int, int>> pp;

int main() {

    scanner >> n;

    int xl, xh, yl, yh;
    xl = yl = 2e9;
    xh = yh = 0;

    pp.reserve(n);
    repeat(i, n) {
        int x, y;
        scanner >> x >> y;
        if (x > y) swap(x, y);
        minset(xl, x);
        minset(yl, y);
        maxset(xh, x);
        maxset(yh, y);
        pp.emplace_back(x, y);
    }

    ll ans1 = ll(xh - xl)*ll(yh - yl);

    sort(ALL(pp));

    int low, high;
    low = high = pp[0].second;
    for (int i = 1; i < n; ++i) {
        if (pp[i].second < low)
            low = pp[i].second;
        else if (pp[i].first < low)
            if (pp[i].second <= xh)
                minset(low, pp[i].second),
                maxset(high, pp[i].second);
            else
                minset(low, pp[i].first),
                maxset(high, pp[i].first);
        else
            minset(low, pp[i].first),
            maxset(high, pp[i].first);
    }
    ll ans2 = ll(yh - xl)*ll(high - low);


    cout << min(ans1, ans2) << endl;



    return 0;
}

Measured memory_bytes: 1920