N = int(input()) H = list(map(int, input().split())) color = [[0, 10**9]] cnt = 0 for i, h in enumerate(H): is_green = bool(i%2) left = 0 idx = 0 while color[idx][1] <= h: if idx % 2 == 0: cnt += (color[idx][1] - color[idx][0]) * (-1 if is_green else 1) idx += 1 if idx % 2 == 0: cnt += (h - color[idx][0]) * (-1 if is_green else 1) if color[idx][0] != h: color = [[0, h], [h, color[idx][1]]] + color[idx+1:] else: color = [[0, color[idx][1]] + color[idx+1:]] print(cnt)