#include <iostream>
#include<bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
int main() {
long long int a,b,c=0,e,f,d;
cin>>a>>b;
if(b<a)
{
swap(a,b);
}
d=(b*(b+1))/2;
e=a-1;
f=(e*(e+1))/2;
cout<<d-f<<"\n";
// your code goes here
return 0;
}
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