#include <bits/stdc++.h>
#define El 2000000000
#define Dim 5001
using namespace std;
ifstream f("secv.in");
ofstream g("secv.out");
long Sir[Dim],n,maxim,Dist[Dim],L=Dim;

int main()
{
    f>>n;
    for(int i=1;i<=n;i++)
    {
        f>>Sir[i];
        maxim=max(maxim,Sir[i]);
        Dist[i]=5005;
    }
    for(long i=n;i>=1;i--)
     for(long j=i+1;j<=n;j++)
    {
        if(Sir[i]<maxim&&Sir[i]+1==Sir[j])
        {
            if(Dist[i]==5005&&Dist[j]==5005)
            Dist[i]=j-i;
            else
            if(Dist[i]==5005&&Dist[j]!=5005)
            Dist[i]=Dist[j]+j-i;
            else
            Dist[i]=min(Dist[i],Dist[j]+j-i);
        }
    }
   g<<Dist[1];
    return 0;
}