import sys
from collections import deque, Counter
input = lambda: sys.stdin.readline().rstrip()
ii = lambda: int(input())
mi = lambda: map(int, input().split())
li = lambda: list(mi())
inf = 2 ** 63 - 1
mod = 998244353
# https://github.com/tatyam-prime/SortedSet/blob/main/SortedMultiset.py
import math
from bisect import bisect_left, bisect_right, insort
from typing import Generic, Iterable, Iterator, TypeVar, Union, List
T = TypeVar('T')

class SortedMultiset(Generic[T]):
    BUCKET_RATIO = 50
    REBUILD_RATIO = 170

    def _build(self, a=None) -> None:
        "Evenly divide `a` into buckets."
        if a is None: a = list(self)
        size = self.size = len(a)
        bucket_size = int(math.ceil(math.sqrt(size / self.BUCKET_RATIO)))
        self.a = [a[size * i // bucket_size : size * (i + 1) // bucket_size] for i in range(bucket_size)]
    
    def __init__(self, a: Iterable[T] = []) -> None:
        "Make a new SortedMultiset from iterable. / O(N) if sorted / O(N log N)"
        a = list(a)
        if not all(a[i] <= a[i + 1] for i in range(len(a) - 1)):
            a = sorted(a)
        self._build(a)

    def __iter__(self) -> Iterator[T]:
        for i in self.a:
            for j in i: yield j

    def __reversed__(self) -> Iterator[T]:
        for i in reversed(self.a):
            for j in reversed(i): yield j
    
    def __len__(self) -> int:
        return self.size
    
    def __repr__(self) -> str:
        return "SortedMultiset" + str(self.a)
    
    def __str__(self) -> str:
        s = str(list(self))
        return "{" + s[1 : len(s) - 1] + "}"

    def _find_bucket(self, x: T) -> List[T]:
        "Find the bucket which should contain x. self must not be empty."
        for a in self.a:
            if x <= a[-1]: return a
        return a

    def __contains__(self, x: T) -> bool:
        if self.size == 0: return False
        a = self._find_bucket(x)
        i = bisect_left(a, x)
        return i != len(a) and a[i] == x

    def count(self, x: T) -> int:
        "Count the number of x."
        return self.index_right(x) - self.index(x)

    def add(self, x: T) -> None:
        "Add an element. / O(√N)"
        if self.size == 0:
            self.a = [[x]]
            self.size = 1
            return
        a = self._find_bucket(x)
        insort(a, x)
        self.size += 1
        if len(a) > len(self.a) * self.REBUILD_RATIO:
            self._build()

    def discard(self, x: T) -> bool:
        "Remove an element and return True if removed. / O(√N)"
        if self.size == 0: return False
        a = self._find_bucket(x)
        i = bisect_left(a, x)
        if i == len(a) or a[i] != x: return False
        a.pop(i)
        self.size -= 1
        if len(a) == 0: self._build()
        return True

    def lt(self, x: T) -> Union[T, None]:
        "Find the largest element < x, or None if it doesn't exist."
        for a in reversed(self.a):
            if a[0] < x:
                return a[bisect_left(a, x) - 1]

    def le(self, x: T) -> Union[T, None]:
        "Find the largest element <= x, or None if it doesn't exist."
        for a in reversed(self.a):
            if a[0] <= x:
                return a[bisect_right(a, x) - 1]

    def gt(self, x: T) -> Union[T, None]:
        "Find the smallest element > x, or None if it doesn't exist."
        for a in self.a:
            if a[-1] > x:
                return a[bisect_right(a, x)]

    def ge(self, x: T) -> Union[T, None]:
        "Find the smallest element >= x, or None if it doesn't exist."
        for a in self.a:
            if a[-1] >= x:
                return a[bisect_left(a, x)]
    
    def __getitem__(self, x: int) -> T:
        "Return the x-th element, or IndexError if it doesn't exist."
        if x < 0: x += self.size
        if x < 0: raise IndexError
        for a in self.a:
            if x < len(a): return a[x]
            x -= len(a)
        raise IndexError

    def index(self, x: T) -> int:
        "Count the number of elements < x."
        ans = 0
        for a in self.a:
            if a[-1] >= x:
                return ans + bisect_left(a, x)
            ans += len(a)
        return ans

    def index_right(self, x: T) -> int:
        "Count the number of elements <= x."
        ans = 0
        for a in self.a:
            if a[-1] > x:
                return ans + bisect_right(a, x)
            ans += len(a)
        return ans
n = ii()
a = li()
a.append(-inf)
a.append(inf)
a.sort()
b = [a[i + 1] - a[i] for i in range(n + 1)]
S = SortedMultiset()
zero = []
for i, v in enumerate(b):
    if v == 0:
        zero.append(i)
    elif v > 1:
        S.add((i, v - 1))
ans = 0
for v in zero:
    lefti, leftv = S.le((v, inf))
    righti, rightv = S.ge((v, -inf))
    if abs(lefti - v) <= abs(righti - v):
        ans += abs(lefti - v)
        S.discard((lefti, leftv))
        if leftv > 1:
            S.add((lefti, leftv - 1))
    else:
        ans += abs(righti - v)
        S.discard((righti, rightv))
        if rightv > 1:
            S.add((righti, rightv - 1))
print(ans)