n, m = map(int, input().split()) assert 1 <= n <= 10 ** 9 assert 1 <= m <= 10 ** 9 if n % 2 == 0: print(n * m) else: h = n // 2 flag = 0 ans = 0 for i in reversed(range(30)): if m >> i & 1: ans += n-1 << i flag += 1 else: ans += (flag//2) * 2 << i print(ans)