#include <stdio.h>
long int sum(long,long);
int main(void)
{ long int n,m; scanf("%d %d",&n,&m); printf("The sum from %d to %d is %d\n",n,m,sum(n,m)); return 0;
}
long int sum(long n,long m)
{ if(n==m) return m; else return m+sum(n,m-1);
}
#include <stdio.h>
long int sum(long,long);
int main(void)
{ long int n,m; scanf("%d %d",&n,&m); printf("The sum from %d to %d is %d\n",n,m,sum(n,m)); return 0;
}
long int sum(long n,long m)
{ long temp; if(n<m){temp=n;n=m;m=temp;} if(n==m) return 2*m; else return 1+sum(n-1,m);
}