#![allow(unused_imports)]
#![allow(non_snake_case)]
use std::collections::HashMap;
use std::collections::HashSet;
use std::collections::VecDeque;

#[allow(unused_macros)]
macro_rules! read {
    ([$t:ty] ; $n:expr) =>
        ((0..$n).map(|_| read!([$t])).collect::<Vec<_>>());
    ($($t:ty),+ ; $n:expr) =>
        ((0..$n).map(|_| read!($($t),+)).collect::<Vec<_>>());
    ([$t:ty]) =>
        (rl().split_whitespace().map(|w| w.parse().unwrap()).collect::<Vec<$t>>());
    ($t:ty) =>
        (rl().parse::<$t>().unwrap());
    ($($t:ty),*) => {{
        let buf = rl();
        let mut w = buf.split_whitespace();
        ($(w.next().unwrap().parse::<$t>().unwrap()),*)
    }};
}

#[allow(dead_code)]
fn rl() -> String {
    let mut buf = String::new();
    std::io::stdin().read_line(&mut buf).unwrap();
    buf.trim_end().to_owned()
}

fn main() {
    let _ = read!(usize);
    let v = read!([isize]);
    println!("{}", rec(&v));
}

fn rec(v: &[isize]) -> isize {
    let len = v.len();
    match len {
        0 => 0,
        1 => v[0],
        _ => (v[0] - v[1] + rec(&v[2..])).max(v[len - 1] - v[len - 2] + rec(&v[..len - 2])),
    }
}