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

int main()
{
	ios_base::sync_with_stdio(false);
	cin.tie(0);cout.tie(0);	
	freopen("MMSEG.INP","r",stdin);
	freopen("MMSEG.OUT","w",stdout);

	int n; cin>>n;
	vector<long long> a(n);
	for(int i=0;i<n;i++) cin>>a[i];
	long long mi = *min_element(a.begin(),a.end()), ma = *max_element(a.begin(),a.end());
	vector<long long> dp(n,n);
	for(int i=0;i<n;i++)
	{
		if(a[i]==mi)
		{
			int dem=1;
			for(int j=i+1;j<n;j++)
			{
				dem++;
				if(a[j]==ma)
				{
					dp[i]=dem;
					if(dp[i]==2)
					{
						cout<<dp[i];
						return 0;
					}
					break;
				}
			}
		}
		else if(a[i]==ma)
		{
			int dem=1;
			for(int j=i+1;j<n;j++)
			{
				dem++;
				if(a[j]==mi)
				{
					dp[i]=dem;
					if(dp[i]==2)
					{
						cout<<dp[i];
						return 0;
					}
					break;
				}
			}
		}
	}
	cout<<*min_element(dp.begin(),dp.end());
	return 0;	
}