#include <cstdio>
#include <cstdlib>
#include <cstring>
#include <cmath>
#include <climits>
#include <iostream>
#include <vector>
#include <string>
#include <sstream>
#include <algorithm>
#include <utility>
#include <set>
#include <map>
#include <stack>
#include <queue>
#include <deque>
#include <functional>

using namespace std;

typedef long long ll;
typedef vector<int> vi;
typedef pair<int, int> pii;

#define fst first
#define scd second
#define PB push_back
#define MP make_pair
#define rep(i,x) for(int i=0;i<(x);++i)
#define rep1(i,x) for(int i=1;i<=(x);++i)
#define rrep(i,x) for(int i=(x)-1;i>=0;--i)
#define rrep1(i,x) for(int i=(x);i>=1;--i)
#define FOR(i,a,x) for(int i=(a);i<(x);++i)
#define all(a) a.begin(),a.end()
#define rall(a) a.rbegin(),a.rend()

#define omajinai ios::sync_with_stdio(false);cin.tie(0)

template<typename T>bool chmax(T&a,T b){if(a<b){a=b;return true;}return false;}
template<typename T>bool chmin(T&a,T b){if(a>b){a=b;return true;}return false;}
template<typename T>T get(){T a;cin>>a;return a;}
template<typename T>T rev(T a){reverse(all(a));return a;}
template<typename T>istream&operator>>(istream&is,vector<T>&vec){rep(i,vec.size())is>>vec[i];return is;}
template<typename T>vector<T>&sort(vector<T>&a){sort(all(a));return a;}

const int inf = 1e9;
const ll linf = 3e18;
const double eps = 1e-9;

int dx[2] = {-1, 1};

int a[100000];

signed main()
{
    omajinai;

    int N, M; cin >> N >> M;

    memset(a, -1, sizeof(a));

    queue<int> q;

    rep(i, M) {
        int b; cin >> b; b--;
        a[b] = 0;
        q.push(b);
    }

    int ma = 0;

    while (q.size()) {
        int x = q.front(); q.pop();
        rep(i, 2) {
            int nx = x + dx[i];
            if (0 <= nx && nx < N) {
                if (~a[nx]) continue;
                a[nx] = a[x] + 1;
                q.push(nx);
                ma = max(ma, a[nx]);
            }
        }
    }

    cout << ma << endl;
}