#include <iostream>
#include <vector>
#include <algorithm>
#include <string>
#include <sstream>
#include <cstring>
#include <cstdio>
#include <cstdlib>
#include <cmath>
#include <queue>
#include <stack>
#include <map>
#include <set>
#include <numeric>
#include <cctype>
#include <tuple>
#include <array>
#include <climits>
#include <bitset>
#include <cassert>

#ifdef _MSC_VER
#include <agents.h>
#endif

#define FOR(i, a, b) for(int i = (a); i < (int)(b); ++i)
#define rep(i, n) FOR(i, 0, n)
#define ALL(v) v.begin(), v.end()
#define REV(v) v.rbegin(), v.rend()
#define MEMSET(v, s) memset(v, s, sizeof(v))
#define UNIQUE(v) (v).erase(unique(ALL(v)), (v).end())
#define MP make_pair
#define MT make_tuple

using namespace std;

typedef long long ll;
typedef long double ld;
typedef pair<int, int> P;

ll func(ll m, ll n){
	if (n == 1) return m - 1;
	if (m > n) return m/n + func(m%n, n);
	return 1 + func(n, m);
}

ll gcd(ll m, ll n){
	return n?gcd(n, m%n):m;
}

int main(){
	cin.tie(0);
	ios::sync_with_stdio(false);
	cout.setf(ios::fixed);
	cout.precision(20);

	ll m, n;
	cin >> m >> n;
	ll g = gcd(m, n);
	cout << func(m/g, n/g) << endl;
}