#include<iostream>
#include<algorithm>
using namespace std;
int main()
{
int n;
cin >> n ;
int *array = new int[n];
for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
cin >> array[i];
int max = 0;
for (int i = 1; i < n; i++)
{
if (abs(array[i] - array[i - 1]) > max)
max = abs(array[i] - array[i - 1]);
}
cout << max << endl;
delete[]array;
return 0;
}