#include <bits/stdc++.h>

#define f first
#define s second
#define pb push_back
#define mp make_pair

using namespace std;

typedef long long ll;
typedef pair<int, int> pii;
typedef pair<long long, long long> pll;

const int N = 1000500, inf = 1e9, mod = 998244353;
const ll INF = 1e18;

int sum(int a, int b) {
    a += b;
    if (a >= mod)
        a -= mod;
    return a;
}

int sub(int a, int b) {
    a -= b;
    if (a < 0)
        a += mod;
    return a;
}

int mult(int a, int b) {
    return 1ll * a * b % mod;
}

int bp(int a, int b) {
    int res = 1;
    while (b) {
        if (b & 1)
            res = mult(res, a);
        a = mult(a, a);
        b >>= 1;
    }
    return res;
}

int inv(int x) {
    return bp(x, mod - 2);
}

int n, a[N];
ll ans;

void solve() {
    cin >> n;
    for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
        cin >> a[i];
    while (true) {
        pii cur = {inf, -1};
        for (int i = 1; i + 1 < n; i++)
            if (a[i - 1] > a[i] && a[i] < a[i + 1])
                cur = min(cur, {a[i], i});
        int p = cur.s;
        if (p == -1)
            break;
        int x = inf, y = inf;
        for (int i = 0; i < p; i++)
            if (a[i] > a[p])
                x = min(x, a[i]);
        for (int i = p + 1; i < n; i++)
            if (a[i] > a[p])
                y = min(y, a[i]);
        ans += x + y + a[p];
        a[p]++;
    }
    cout << ans << "\n";
}

int main() {
#ifdef DEBUG
    freopen("input.txt", "r", stdin);
#endif
    ios_base::sync_with_stdio(false);
    int t = 1;
//    cin >> t;
    for (int i = 1; i <= t; i++) {
//        cout << "Case #" << i << endl;
        solve();
    }
}