#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
int summa(int a, int b)
{
if (a==b) return b;
else return a+summa(a+1,b);
}
int main()
{
int a,b;
cin>>a;
cin>>b;
if(a>b){
std::swap(a,b);
}
cout<<summa(a,b);
return 0;
}
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