#include <stdio.h>
int main(int argc, char** argv) {
int n,m = 0;
scanf("%d %d", &n, &m);
sum(n,m);
return 0;
}
int sum(int n, int m){
int a,b,c,d,e = 0;
a = m-n;
b = m+n;
c = (b/2)-1;
d = m/2;
if (a%2 == 0){
e = (b/2)+(c*b);
}
else{
e = b*d;
}
printf("%d", e);
return e;
}