#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
using ll = long long;
using ull = unsigned long long;

#define REP(i,n) for(long long i = 0; i < (n); i++)
#define FOR(i, m, n) for(long long i = (m);i < (n); ++i)
#define ALL(obj) (obj).begin(),(obj).end()
#define SPEED cin.tie(0);ios::sync_with_stdio(false);

template<class T> using V = vector<T>;
template<class T, class U> using P = pair<T, U>;
template<class T> using PQ = priority_queue<T>;
template<class T> using PQR = priority_queue<T,vector<T>,greater<T>>;

const ll MOD = (ll)1e9 + 7;
const ll MOD2 = 998244353;
const ll HIGHINF = (ll)1e18;
const ll LOWINF = (ll)1e15;
const long double PI = 3.1415926535897932384626433;

template<typename T> vector<T> make_v(size_t N,T init){return vector<T>(N,init);}
template<typename... T> auto make_v(size_t N,T... t){return vector<decltype(make_v(t...))>(N,make_v(t...));}
template <class T> void corner(bool flg, T hoge) {if (flg) {cout << hoge << endl; exit(0);}}
template <class T, class U>ostream &operator<<(ostream &o, const map<T, U>&obj) {o << "{"; for (auto &x : obj) o << " {" << x.first << " : " << x.second << "}" << ","; o << " }"; return o;}
template <class T>ostream &operator<<(ostream &o, const set<T>&obj) {o << "{"; for (auto itr = obj.begin(); itr != obj.end(); ++itr) o << (itr != obj.begin() ? ", " : "") << *itr; o << "}"; return o;}
template <class T>ostream &operator<<(ostream &o, const multiset<T>&obj) {o << "{"; for (auto itr = obj.begin(); itr != obj.end(); ++itr) o << (itr != obj.begin() ? ", " : "") << *itr; o << "}"; return o;}
template <class T>ostream &operator<<(ostream &o, const vector<T>&obj) {o << "{"; for (int i = 0; i < (int)obj.size(); ++i)o << (i > 0 ? ", " : "") << obj[i]; o << "}"; return o;}
template <class T, class U>ostream &operator<<(ostream &o, const pair<T, U>&obj) {o << "{" << obj.first << ", " << obj.second << "}"; return o;}
template <template <class tmp>  class T, class U> ostream &operator<<(ostream &o, const T<U> &obj) {o << "{"; for (auto itr = obj.begin(); itr != obj.end(); ++itr)o << (itr != obj.begin() ? ", " : "") << *itr; o << "}"; return o;}
void print(void) {cout << endl;}
template <class Head> void print(Head&& head) {cout << head;print();}
template <class Head, class... Tail> void print(Head&& head, Tail&&... tail) {cout << head << " ";print(forward<Tail>(tail)...);}
template <class T> void chmax(T& a, const T b){a=max<T>(a,b);}
template <class T> void chmin(T& a, const T b){a=min<T>(a,b);}
void YN(bool flg) {cout << ((flg) ? "YES" : "NO") << endl;}
void Yn(bool flg) {cout << ((flg) ? "Yes" : "No") << endl;}
void yn(bool flg) {cout << ((flg) ? "yes" : "no") << endl;}


template<class T> class Segment_Tree_Range_Sum_Query {
	size_t N,M;
	T ini;
	vector<T> node;

public:
	Segment_Tree_Range_Sum_Query(const vector<T> & ar, const T ini) : M(ar.size()), ini(ini) {
		for (N = 1; N < M; N *= 2);
		node.resize(2 * N - 1, ini);
		for (int i = 0; i < M; ++i) node[i + N - 1] = ar[i];
		for (int i = N - 2; i >= 0; --i) node[i] = node[2 * i + 1]+node[2 * i + 2];
	}
 
	Segment_Tree_Range_Sum_Query(const size_t M, const T ini) : M(M), ini(ini) {
		for (N = 1; N < M; N *= 2);
		node.resize(2 * N - 1, ini);
	}
	
	void update(size_t idx, const T var) {
		idx += (N - 1);
		node[idx] += var;
		while (idx > 0) {
			idx = (idx - 1) / 2;
			node[idx] = node[2 * idx + 1]+node[2 * idx + 2];
		}
	}
 
	T getvar(const int a, const int b, int k = 0, int l = 0, int r = -1) {
		if (r < 0) r = N;
		if (r <= a || b <= l) return ini;
		if (a <= l && r <= b) return node[k];
		T vl = getvar(a, b, 2 * k + 1, l, (l + r) / 2);
		T vr = getvar(a, b, 2 * k + 2, (l + r) / 2, r);
		return vl+vr;
	}
	
	T operator[](size_t idx) {
		return node[idx + N - 1];
	}

	T operator[](pair<size_t, size_t> p) {
		return getvar(p.first, p.second);
	}

 
	void print(){
		cout << "{ " << getvar(0,1);
		for(int i = 1; i < M; ++i) cout << ", " << getvar(i,i+1);
		cout << " }" << endl;
	}
};


int main() {
    int N; cin >> N;
    V<ll> a(N+2,LOWINF);
    for(int i = 1; i <= N; ++i) cin >> a[i];
    a[0] = -LOWINF;
    sort(ALL(a));
    corner(N==2,a[2]-a[1]);

    V<ll> dp2(N+2,LOWINF),dp3(N+2,LOWINF);
    dp2[2] = a[2] - a[1];
    dp3[3] = a[3] - a[1];
    for(int i = 4; i <= N; ++i){
        dp2[i] = (a[i] - a[i-1]) + min(dp3[i-2],dp2[i-2]);
        dp3[i] = (a[i] - a[i-2]) + min(dp3[i-3],dp2[i-3]);
    }
    cout << min(dp2[N],dp3[N]) << endl;

    return 0;
}