#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
int main() {
ios_base::sync_with_stdio(false);
cin.tie(NULL);
cout.tie(NULL);
long long n, m;
cin >> n >> m;
long long sum = (m - n + 1) * (n + m) / 2;
cout << sum << endl;
}
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