#include <bits/stdc++.h>
#define rep(i, a) for (int i = (int)0; i < (int)a; ++i)
#define rrep(i, a) for (int i = (int)a - 1; i >= 0; --i)
#define REP(i, a, b) for (int i = (int)a; i < (int)b; ++i)
#define RREP(i, a, b) for (int i = (int)a - 1; i >= b; --i)
#define pb push_back
#define eb emplace_back
#define all(x) x.begin(), x.end()
#define rall(x) x.rbegin(), x.rend()
using ll = long long;
constexpr ll mod = 1e9 + 7;
constexpr ll INF = 1LL << 60;

template <class T>
inline bool chmin(T &a, T b)
{
	if (a > b)
	{
		a = b;
		return true;
	}
	return false;
}
template <class T>
inline bool chmax(T &a, T b)
{
	if (a < b)
	{
		a = b;
		return true;
	}
	return false;
}

ll gcd(ll n, ll m)
{
	ll tmp;
	while (m != 0)
	{
		tmp = n % m;
		n = m;
		m = tmp;
	}
	return n;
}

ll lcm(ll n, ll m)
{
	return abs(n) / gcd(n, m) * abs(m); //gl=xy
}

using namespace std;

void solve()
{
	int n;
	cin>>n;
	vector<ll>y(n),v;
	vector<vector<ll>>dp(n+1,vector<ll>(10005,INF));
	rep(i,n)cin>>y[i],v.eb(y[i]);
	sort(all(v));
	for(auto x:v)dp[0][x]=0;
	v.erase(unique(all(v)),v.end());
	rep(i,n){
		for(auto x:v){
			for(auto z:v){
				if(z<x)continue;
				chmin(dp[i+1][z],dp[i][x]+abs(z-y[i]));
			}
		}
	}
	ll ans=INF;
	for(auto x:v){
		chmin(ans,dp[n][x]);
	}
	cout<<ans<<endl;
}

int main()
{
	ios::sync_with_stdio(false);
	cin.tie(0);
	cout << fixed << setprecision(15);
	solve();
	return 0;
}