#include <cstdio>
#include <cstring>
#include <iostream>
#include <algorithm>
#include <vector>
#include <queue>
#include <set>
#include <map>
#include <string>
#include <math.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <time.h>
#define rep(i,a,n) for(int i=a;i<n;i++)
#define per(i,a,n) for(int i=n-1;i>=a;i--)
#define pb push_back
using namespace std;
typedef vector<int> VI;
typedef long long ll;
const ll mod=1000000007;
const int N=1024;
vector<int>v;
int a[150000+10],u[150000+10],n;
int get(int x) {
if(x%2==1) {
if(x+1<n&&a[x]<=a[x+1]) return 0;
if(x-1>=0&&a[x-1]>=a[x]) return 0;
} else {
if(x+1<n&&a[x]>=a[x+1]) return 0;
if(x-1>=0&&a[x-1]<=a[x]) return 0;
}
return 1;
}
int check(int x) {
if(get(x)==0) return 0;
for(int i=0; i<v.size(); i++) {
if(get(v[i])==0) return 0;
}
return 1;
}
int main() {
long long ans=0;
while(~scanf("%d",&n)) {
for(int i=0; i<n; i++)
scanf("%d",a+i);
v.clear();
memset(u,0,sizeof(u));
for(int i=0; i<n; i++) {
if(i%2==0&&i+1<n) {
if(a[i]>=a[i+1]) {
if(u[i]==0)v.push_back(i);
if(u[i+1]==0)v.push_back(i+1);
u[i]=1;
u[i+1]=1;
}
}
if(i%2==1&&i+1<n) {
if(a[i]<=a[i+1]) {
if(u[i]==0)v.push_back(i);
if(u[i+1]==0)v.push_back(i+1);
u[i]=1;
u[i+1]=1;
}
}
}
ans=0;
if(v.size()<=10) {
for(int i=0; i<n; i++) {
for(int k=0; k<v.size(); k++) {
int j=v[k];
if(i==j) continue;
if(u[i]&&j>i) continue;
swap(a[i],a[j]);
if(check(i)) ans++;
swap(a[i],a[j]);
}
}
}
printf("%lld\n",ans);
}
return 0;
}