#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
int main() {
// Input
int a, b; cin >> a >> b;
// Process -> Output
if (a > b) swap(a, b);
long long sum = 0;
for (int i = a; i <= b; ++i)
sum += i;
cout << sum;
return 0;
}
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