#include<stdio.h>
//T[1] = 1, T[2] = 2, T[3] = 6, T[4] = 12;
//T[i] = T[i - 1] + T[i - 3] + 2 * (i - 2)

long N;

int main()
{
    freopen("12perm.in","r",stdin);
    freopen("12perm.out","w",stdout);
    scanf("%ld",&N);
    long aux;
    long r1=1,r2=2,r3=6,r4=12,r5;
    if (N==1)
        printf("1\n");
    else if (N==2)
        printf("2\n");
    if (N==3)
        printf("6\n");
     else if(N==4)
            printf("12\n");
    else
    {
        for (long i=4;i<=N;i++)
        {
            r5=r4+r2+2*(i-2);
            r2=r3;
            r3=r4;
            r4=r5;
        }
        printf("%ld",r4);
    }
    return 0;
}