#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
int main() {
long long int m,n,c;
cin>>m>>n;
long long int a=max(m,n);
long long int b=min(m,n);
c=(a*(a+1)/2)-((b-1)*b/2);
cout<<c;
return 0;
// your code goes here
return 0;
}
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