#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
#define FOR(i, begin, end) for(int i=(begin),i##_end_=(end);i<i##_end_;i++)
#define REP(i, n) FOR(i,0,n)

template <int mod> struct ModInt {
#if __cplusplus >= 201402L
#define MDCONST constexpr
#else
#define MDCONST
#endif
    using lint = long long;
    static int get_mod() { return mod; }
    static int get_primitive_root() {
        static int primitive_root = 0;
        if (!primitive_root) {
            primitive_root = [&]() {
                std::set<int> fac;
                int v = mod - 1;
                for (lint i = 2; i * i <= v; i++)
                    while (v % i == 0) fac.insert(i), v /= i;
                if (v > 1) fac.insert(v);
                for (int g = 1; g < mod; g++) {
                    bool ok = true;
                    for (auto i : fac)
                        if (ModInt(g).power((mod - 1) / i) == 1) {
                            ok = false;
                            break;
                        }
                    if (ok) return g;
                }
                return -1;
            }();
        }
        return primitive_root;
    }
    int val;
    MDCONST ModInt() : val(0) {}
    MDCONST ModInt &_setval(lint v) {
        val = (v >= mod ? v - mod : v);
        return *this;
    }
    MDCONST ModInt(lint v) { _setval(v % mod + mod); }
    explicit operator bool() const { return val != 0; }
    MDCONST ModInt operator+(const ModInt &x) const { return ModInt()._setval((lint)val + x.val); }
    MDCONST ModInt operator-(const ModInt &x) const { return ModInt()._setval((lint)val - x.val + mod); }
    MDCONST ModInt operator*(const ModInt &x) const { return ModInt()._setval((lint)val * x.val % mod); }
    MDCONST ModInt operator/(const ModInt &x) const { return ModInt()._setval((lint)val * x.inv() % mod); }
    MDCONST ModInt operator-() const { return ModInt()._setval(mod - val); }
    MDCONST ModInt &operator+=(const ModInt &x) { return *this = *this + x; }
    MDCONST ModInt &operator-=(const ModInt &x) { return *this = *this - x; }
    MDCONST ModInt &operator*=(const ModInt &x) { return *this = *this * x; }
    MDCONST ModInt &operator/=(const ModInt &x) { return *this = *this / x; }
    friend MDCONST ModInt operator+(lint a, const ModInt &x) { return ModInt()._setval(a % mod + x.val); }
    friend MDCONST ModInt operator-(lint a, const ModInt &x) { return ModInt()._setval(a % mod - x.val + mod); }
    friend MDCONST ModInt operator*(lint a, const ModInt &x) { return ModInt()._setval(a % mod * x.val % mod); }
    friend MDCONST ModInt operator/(lint a, const ModInt &x) { return ModInt()._setval(a % mod * x.inv() % mod); }
    MDCONST bool operator==(const ModInt &x) const { return val == x.val; }
    MDCONST bool operator!=(const ModInt &x) const { return val != x.val; }
    MDCONST bool operator<(const ModInt &x) const { return val < x.val; } // To use std::map<ModInt, T>
    friend std::istream &operator>>(std::istream &is, ModInt &x) {
        lint t;
        return is >> t, x = ModInt(t), is;
    }
    MDCONST friend std::ostream &operator<<(std::ostream &os, const ModInt &x) { return os << x.val; }
    MDCONST lint power(lint n) const {
        lint ans = 1, tmp = this->val;
        while (n) {
            if (n & 1) ans = ans * tmp % mod;
            tmp = tmp * tmp % mod, n /= 2;
        }
        return ans;
    }
    MDCONST ModInt pow(lint n) const { return power(n); }
    MDCONST lint inv() const { return this->power(mod - 2); }
    ModInt fac() const {
        static std::vector<ModInt> facs;
        int l0 = facs.size();
        if (l0 > this->val) return facs[this->val];

        facs.resize(this->val + 1);
        for (int i = l0; i <= this->val; i++) facs[i] = (i == 0 ? ModInt(1) : facs[i - 1] * ModInt(i));
        return facs[this->val];
    }

    ModInt doublefac() const {
        lint k = (this->val + 1) / 2;
        return (this->val & 1) ? ModInt(k * 2).fac() / (ModInt(2).pow(k) * ModInt(k).fac()) : ModInt(k).fac() * ModInt(2).pow(k);
    }
    ModInt nCr(const ModInt &r) const { return (this->val < r.val) ? 0 : this->fac() / ((*this - r).fac() * r.fac()); }

    ModInt sqrt() const {
        if (val == 0) return 0;
        if (mod == 2) return val;
        if (power((mod - 1) / 2) != 1) return 0;
        ModInt b = 1;
        while (b.power((mod - 1) / 2) == 1) b += 1;
        int e = 0, m = mod - 1;
        while (m % 2 == 0) m >>= 1, e++;
        ModInt x = power((m - 1) / 2), y = (*this) * x * x;
        x *= (*this);
        ModInt z = b.power(m);
        while (y != 1) {
            int j = 0;
            ModInt t = y;
            while (t != 1) j++, t *= t;
            z = z.power(1LL << (e - j - 1));
            x *= z, z *= z, y *= z;
            e = j;
        }
        return ModInt(std::min(x.val, mod - x.val));
    }
};
using mint = ModInt<998244353>;

// 1-indexed BIT (i : [1, len])
template <typename T> struct BIT : std::vector<T> {
    BIT(int len = 0) : std::vector<T>(len + 1) {}
    void reset() { fill(this->begin(), this->end(), 0); }
    void add(int pos, T v) {
        while (pos > 0 and pos < (int)this->size()) (*this)[pos] += v, pos += pos & -pos;
    }
    T sum(int pos) const { // (0, pos]
        T res = 0;
        while (pos > 0) res += (*this)[pos], pos -= pos & -pos;
        return res;
    }
    friend std::ostream &operator<<(std::ostream &os, const BIT &bit) {
        T prv = 0;
        os << '[';
        for (int i = 1; i < (int)bit.size(); i++) {
            T now = bit.sum(i);
            os << now - prv << ",";
            prv = now;
        }
        return os << ']';
    }
};


int main()
{
    cin.tie(nullptr), ios::sync_with_stdio(false);

    int N;
    cin >> N;
    vector<int> A(N);
    for (auto &x : A) cin >> x;
    const int Amax = A.back();
    const mint p2 = mint(2).pow(N - 1);

    int dlo = 0;
    REP(i, N - 1) dlo = max(dlo, A[i + 1] - A[i]);
    mint ret = p2 * dlo;

    reverse(A.begin(), A.end());
    FOR(d, dlo, Amax) {
        BIT<mint> bit(Amax);
        bit.add(A[0], 2);
        int aprv = A[1];
        for (auto a : A) {
            if (a < A[1]) {
                mint apadd = bit.sum(min(a + d, Amax));
                bit.add(aprv, apadd);
                aprv = a;
            }
        }
        ret += (p2 - bit.sum(Amax));
    }
    cout << ret << '\n';
}