#include<iostream>
#include<vector>
#include<cstdlib>
#include<algorithm>
#include<climits>

std::vector<int> dist;
int ddist[1001][1001];
const long long INF = LLONG_MAX;
long long min_cost = INF;

void isCollect(long long cost, int n, int now, std::vector<bool> visited){
    if(cost < 0) return;
    if(n == 0){
        min_cost = std::min(min_cost, cost);
        return;
    }
    for(size_t i = 0; i < visited.size(); i++){
      if(visited[i] == false){
          visited[i] = true;
          isCollect(cost + ddist[now][i], n - 1, i, visited);
          visited[i] = false;
      }
    }
}

int main(){
    int n, m;
    std::cin >> n >> m;

    dist.resize(m);
    for(int i = 0; i < m; i++){
        std::cin >> dist[i];
    }
    dist.push_back(0);

    std::sort(dist.begin(), dist.end());

    for(size_t i = 0; i < dist.size(); i++){
        for(size_t j = 0; j < dist.size(); j++){
            ddist[i][j] = std::abs(dist[i] - dist[j]);
        }
    }

    std::vector<bool> visited(dist.size(), false);
    int start = 0;
    for(size_t i = 0; i < dist.size(); i++){
        if(dist[i] == 0){
            start = i;
            visited[i] = true;
            break;
        }
    }

    isCollect(0, n, start, visited);
    std::cout << min_cost << std::endl;
    return 0;
}