using System;

namespace No141{
    public class Program{
        public static void Main(string[] args){
            var sr = new StreamReader();
            //---------------------------------
            var M = sr.Next<int>();
            var N = sr.Next<int>();

            var m = M / (int)Ex.Gcd(M, N);
            var n = N / (int)Ex.Gcd(M, N);

            var res = -2;
            while(m != 1 || n != 1){
                if(m > n){
                    res += m / n;
                    m = m % n;
                }

                Ex.Swap(ref m, ref n);
                res++;

                if(n == 0) break;
            }

            Console.WriteLine(Math.Max(res, 0));
            //---------------------------------
        }
    }

    public class Ex{
        public static void Swap<T>(ref T left, ref T right){
            var tmp = left;
            left = right;
            right = tmp;
        }

        public static long Gcd(long a, long b){
            return b == 0 ? a : Gcd(b, a % b);
        } 
    }

    public class StreamReader{
        private readonly char[] _c = {' '};
        private int _index = -1;
        private string[] _input = new string[0];

        public T Next<T>(){
            if(_index == _input.Length - 1){
                _index = -1;
                while(true){
                    string rl = Console.ReadLine();
                    if(rl == null){
                        if(typeof(T).IsClass) return default(T);
                        return (T)typeof(T).GetField("MinValue").GetValue(null);
                    }
                    if(rl != ""){
                        _input = rl.Split(_c, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);
                        break;
                    }
                }
            }
            return (T)Convert.ChangeType(_input[++_index], typeof(T), System.Globalization.CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
        }

        public T[] Next<T>(int x){
            var ret = new T[x];
            for(var i = 0; i < x; ++i) ret[i] = Next<T>();
            return ret;
        }

        public T[][] Next<T>(int y, int x){
            var ret = new T[y][];
            for(var i = 0; i < y; ++i) ret[i] = Next<T>(x);
            return ret;
        }
    }
}