atcoder#ARC115E. [ARC115E] LEQ and NEQ

[ARC115E] LEQ and NEQ

Score : 700700 points

Problem Statement

Given is a sequence of NN integers A1,A2,,ANA_1,A_2,\ldots,A_N. Print the number, modulo 998244353998244353, of sequences of NN integers X1,X2,,XNX_1,X_2,\ldots,X_N satisfying all of the following conditions:

  • 1XiAi1 \leq X_i \leq A_i
  • XiXi+1(1iN1)X_i \neq X_{i+1} (1 \leq i \leq N-1)

Constraints

  • 2N5×1052 \leq N \leq 5 \times 10^5
  • 1Ai1091 \leq A_i \leq 10^9

Input

Input is given from Standard Input in the following format:

NN

A1A_1 A2A_2 \ldots ANA_N

Output

Print the answer.

3
2 3 2
6

The following six sequences satisfy all of the conditions.

  • 1,2,11,2,1
  • 1,3,11,3,1
  • 1,3,21,3,2
  • 2,1,22,1,2
  • 2,3,12,3,1
  • 2,3,22,3,2
10
158260522 877914575 602436426 24979445 861648772 623690081 433933447 476190629 262703497 211047202
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