#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
#define int long long
#define f first
#define ss second
#define ina insert
#define pb push_back
signed main(){
int n;
cin>>n;
int x[n];
vector<int>s;
map<int,vector<int>>mp;
for(int i=0; i<n; i++){
cin>>x[i];
if(mp[x[i]].size()==0)s.pb(x[i]);
mp[x[i]].pb(i);
}
int ans=1;
sort(s.begin(),s.end());
reverse(s.begin(),s.end());
set<int>bati;
int l=0;
for(auto a:s){
int di=0,ri=0;
for(auto b: mp[a]){
if(bati.find(b-1)==bati.end())di=1;
if(bati.find(b+1)==bati.end())ri=1;
if(di && ri){
bati.ina(b);
l++;
// if(b!=0 && b!=n-1){
// l++;
// }
}
else{
if(di!=1 && ri!=1){
l--;
}
else bati.ina(b);
}
//cout<<l<<" ";
//bati.ina(b);
}
// if(bati.size()==n-1){
// continue;
// }
ans=max(l,ans);
}
cout<<ans<<endl;
}
