#include <bits/stdc++.h> using namespace std; long long robLinear(const vector<int>& a, int l, int r) { // 闭区间 [l,r] long long prev2 = 0, prev1 = 0; // dp[i-2], dp[i-1] for (int i = l; i <= r; ++i) { long long cur = max(prev1, prev2 + (long long)a[i]); prev2 = prev1; prev1 = cur; } return prev1; } int main() { int n; cin >> n; vector<int> nums(n); for (int i = 0; i < n; ++i) cin >> nums[i]; if (n == 1) { cout << nums[0] << '\n'; return 0; } cout << max(robLinear(nums, 0, n - 2), robLinear(nums, 1, n - 1)) << '\n'; return 0; }