#include<iostream> // cin\cout\endl #include<cstdio> //scanf()\printf() #include<cstring> // strcpy()\strcat()\strcmp()\strlen()\memset() #include<cmath> //sqrt()\pow()\abs()\ceil()\floor()\max()\min() using namespace std; int main(){ int n,m,a; cin>>n>>m; a=(m-n)/1+1; cout<<(n+m)*a/2; return 0; }