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

#define fi first
#define se second
#define pb push_back
#define Mp make_pair
#define SZ(x) ((int)(x).size())

typedef double db;
typedef long long ll;
typedef pair<int, int> pii;
typedef vector<int> vi;

const int MAXN = 1.1e5 + 5;

pair<int, ll> s[MAXN * 60];
int f[MAXN * 60][2];
map<pair<int, ll>, int> mp;

set<int> Son[MAXN * 60]; 

ll n, a[MAXN];
int m, tot, rt;

void dfs(int x) {
    if(!x) {
        f[x][0] = 0, f[x][1] = 1;
        return ;
    }
    if(s[x].first == 0) {
       f[x][0] = 1, f[x][1] = 0;
        return ;
    }
    int ls = (Son[x].size() >= 1 ? *Son[x].begin() : 0);
    int rs = (Son[x].size() >= 2 ? *Son[x].rbegin() : 0);
    dfs(ls), dfs(rs);
    f[x][0] = f[ls][0] + f[rs][0];
    f[x][1] = f[ls][1] + f[rs][1];
    f[x][0] = min(f[x][0], f[x][1] + 1);
    f[x][1] = min(f[x][1], f[x][0] + 1);
}

void solve() {
    tot = 0, mp.clear();
    cin >> n >> m;
    for(int i = 1; i <= m; i++) {
        cin >> a[i];
        s[++tot] = Mp(0, a[i]), mp[Mp(0, a[i])] = tot, Son[tot].clear();
        ll now = (a[i] > (n >> 1) ? n - a[i] + 1 : a[i]), last = tot;
        for(ll t = n >> 1, j = 1; t; t >>= 1, j++) {
            if(!mp.count(Mp(j, now))) s[++tot] = Mp(j, now), mp[Mp(j, now)] = tot, Son[tot].clear();
            Son[mp[Mp(j, now)]].insert(last), last = mp[Mp(j, now)];
            now = (now > (t >> 1) ? t - now + 1 : now);
        }
    }
    rt = max_element(s + 1, s + tot + 1) - s, dfs(rt);
    cout << min(f[rt][0], f[rt][1]) << '\n';
}

signed main() {
    ios::sync_with_stdio(false), cin.tie(0), cout.tie(0);
    int t = 1;
    // cin >> t;
    while(t--) solve();
    return 0;
}