#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <vector>
#include <algorithm>
#include <stack>
#include <queue>
#include <cmath>
#include <tuple>
#include <cstdio>
#include <bitset>
#include <sstream>
#include <iterator>
#include <numeric>
#include <map>
#include <cstring>
#include <set>
#include <functional>
#include <iomanip>

using namespace std;

#define DEBUG_ //!!提出時にコメントアウト!!
#ifdef DEBUG_
	#define dump(x)  cerr << #x << " = " << (x) << endl;
#else
	#define dump(x)  ;
#endif

#define FOR(i,a,b) for(int i=(a);i<(b);++i)
#define REP(i,n)  FOR(i,0,n)
#define SZ(x) ((int)(x).size())
#define pb push_back
#define eb emplace_back

//#define int long long

typedef long long LL;
typedef vector<int> VI;
typedef vector<LL> VL;
typedef vector<VI> VVI;
typedef vector<string> VS;
typedef pair<int, int> PII;
typedef pair<LL, LL> PLL;

template <typename T>
std::string printVector(const std::vector<T> &data)
{
    std::stringstream ss;
    std::ostream_iterator<T> out_it(ss, ", ");
    ss << "[";
    std::copy(data.begin(), data.end() - 1, out_it);
    ss << data.back() << "]";
    return ss.str();
}

const int MOD = 1e9+7;
const LL LINF = 1001002003004005006ll;
const int INF = 1001001001;

signed main(int argc, char const *argv[])
{
    cin.tie(0);
    ios::sync_with_stdio(false);
    int N; cin >> N;
    VL Y(N); REP(i,N) cin >> Y[i];
    sort(Y.begin(),Y.end());

    VL dp(N+10,LINF);
    dp[1] = LINF;
    dp[2] = Y[1] - Y[0];
    dp[3] = Y[2] - Y[0];
    FOR(i,4,N+1){
        dp[i] = min({dp[i],dp[i-2]+Y[i-1]-Y[i-2],dp[i-3]+Y[i-1]-Y[i-3]});
    }
    cout << dp[N] << endl;

}