#include<bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;

//* ATCODER
#include<atcoder/all>
using namespace atcoder;
typedef modint998244353 mint;
//*/

/* BOOST MULTIPRECISION
#include<boost/multiprecision/cpp_int.hpp>
using namespace boost::multiprecision;
//*/

typedef long long ll;

#define rep(i, s, n) for (int i = (int)(s); i < (int)(n); i++)
#define rrep(i, s, n) for (int i = (int)(n)-1; i >= (int)(s); i--)

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

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

template <typename T> T max(vector<T> &a){
	assert(!a.empty());
	T ret = a[0];
	for (int i=0; i<(int)a.size(); i++) chmax(ret, a[i]);
	return ret;
}

template <typename T> T min(vector<T> &a){
	assert(!a.empty());
	T ret = a[0];
	for (int i=0; i<(int)a.size(); i++) chmin(ret, a[i]);
	return ret;
}

template <typename T> T sum(vector<T> &a){
	T ret = 0;
	for (int i=0; i<(int)a.size(); i++) ret += a[i];
	return ret;
}

int main(){
	ll n;
	int m;
	cin >> n >> m;
	
	vector<ll> a(m);
	rep(i,0,m){
		cin >> a[i];
	}

	ll ans = 0;
	rep(i,1,m){
		ll t = a[i] - a[i-1] - 1;
		if (t >= 1){
			ll v = 1;
			ans += t;
			while(t > 1){
				if ((t & 1) == 0) break;
				ans -= v;
				v <<= 1;
				t >>= 1;
			}
		}
	}
	
	cout << ans << '\n';
}