#[allow(unused_imports)]
use std::char::from_digit;
#[allow(unused_imports)]
use std::cmp::{max, min};
#[allow(unused_imports)]
use std::collections::{BTreeMap, BTreeSet, BinaryHeap, HashMap, HashSet, VecDeque};
#[allow(unused_imports)]
use std::fs::File;
#[allow(unused_imports)]
use std::io::prelude::*;
#[allow(unused_imports)]
use std::io::{stdin, stdout, BufReader, BufWriter, Stdin, Stdout, Write};
#[allow(unused_imports)]
use std::mem::swap;
#[allow(unused_imports)]
use std::str::FromStr;

type BoxResult<T> = Result<T, Box<std::error::Error>>;

fn main() {
    let mut scanner = Scanner::new(stdin());
    let (k, n) = scanner.read_two::<usize, usize>().unwrap();
    let mut arr = scanner.read_vector::<usize>().unwrap();
    arr.sort();
    println!("{}", (0..n).fold(std::usize::MAX, |acc, i| min(k - (k + arr[(i + 1) % n] - arr[i]) % k, acc)));
}

#[allow(dead_code)]
struct Scanner<R> {
    reader: BufReader<R>,
    buffer: String,
}
impl<R> Scanner<R>
where
    R: Read,
{
    #[allow(dead_code)]
    fn new(inner: R) -> Scanner<R> {
        let reader = BufReader::new(inner);
        let buffer = String::new();
        Scanner {
            reader: reader,
            buffer: buffer,
        }
    }
    #[allow(dead_code)]
    fn with_capacity(capacity: usize, inner: R) -> Scanner<R> {
        let reader = BufReader::with_capacity(capacity, inner);
        let buffer = String::new();
        Scanner {
            reader: reader,
            buffer: buffer,
        }
    }
    #[allow(dead_code)]
    fn read_line(&mut self) -> BoxResult<String> {
        self.reader.read_line(&mut self.buffer)?;
        let cloned = self.buffer.trim().to_string();
        self.buffer.clear();
        Ok(cloned)
    }
    #[allow(dead_code)]
    fn read<T>(&mut self) -> BoxResult<T>
    where
        T: FromStr,
        T::Err: std::fmt::Debug,
        T::Err: std::error::Error,
        T::Err: 'static,
    {
        self.reader.read_line(&mut self.buffer)?;
        let parsed = self.buffer.trim().parse()?;
        self.buffer.clear();
        Ok(parsed)
    }
    #[allow(dead_code)]
    fn read_two<T, U>(&mut self) -> BoxResult<(T, U)>
    where
        T: FromStr,
        T: Copy,
        T::Err: std::fmt::Debug,
        T::Err: std::error::Error,
        T::Err: 'static,
        U: FromStr,
        U: Copy,
        U::Err: std::fmt::Debug,
        U::Err: std::error::Error,
        U::Err: 'static,
    {
        self.reader.read_line(&mut self.buffer)?;
        let (a, b) = {
            let params = self.buffer.trim().split_whitespace().collect::<Vec<_>>();
            let a = params[0].parse()?;
            let b = params[1].parse()?;
            (a, b)
        };
        self.buffer.clear();
        Ok((a, b))
    }
    #[allow(dead_code)]
    fn read_three<T>(&mut self) -> BoxResult<(T, T, T)>
    where
        T: FromStr,
        T: Copy,
        T::Err: std::fmt::Debug,
        T::Err: std::error::Error,
        T::Err: 'static,
    {
        let nums = self.read_vector()?;
        Ok((nums[0], nums[1], nums[2]))
    }
    #[allow(dead_code)]
    fn read_vector<T>(&mut self) -> BoxResult<Vec<T>>
    where
        T: FromStr,
        T::Err: std::fmt::Debug,
        T::Err: std::error::Error,
        T::Err: 'static,
    {
        self.reader.read_line(&mut self.buffer)?;
        let parsed_vec = self
            .buffer
            .trim()
            .split_whitespace()
            .map(|s| s.parse())
            .collect::<Result<Vec<_>, _>>()?;
        self.buffer.clear();
        Ok(parsed_vec)
    }
    #[allow(dead_code)]
    fn read_matrix<T>(&mut self, lines: usize) -> BoxResult<Vec<Vec<T>>>
    where
        T: FromStr,
        T::Err: std::fmt::Debug,
        T::Err: std::error::Error,
        T::Err: 'static,
    {
        let mut parsed_matrix = vec![];
        for _ in 0..lines {
            self.reader.read_line(&mut self.buffer)?;
            parsed_matrix.push(
                self.buffer
                    .trim()
                    .split_whitespace()
                    .map(|s| s.parse())
                    .collect::<Result<Vec<_>, _>>()?,
            );
            self.buffer.clear();
        }
        Ok(parsed_matrix)
    }
    #[allow(dead_code)]
    fn read_chars(&mut self) -> BoxResult<Vec<char>> {
        self.reader.read_line(&mut self.buffer)?;
        let chars = self.buffer.trim().chars().collect::<Vec<_>>();
        self.buffer.clear();
        Ok(chars)
    }
}


Measured memory_bytes: 10492