#include <cstdio>
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <sstream>
#include <stack>
#include <algorithm>
#include <cmath>
#include <queue>
#include <map>
#include <set>
#include <cstdlib>
#include <bitset>
#include <tuple>
#include <assert.h>
#include <deque>
#include <bitset>
#include <iomanip>
#include <limits>
#include <chrono>
#include <random>
#include <array>
#include <unordered_map>
#include <functional>
#include <complex>

template<class T> inline bool chmax(T& a, T b) { if (a < b) { a = b; return 1; } return 0; }
template<class T> inline bool chmin(T& a, T b) { if (a > b) { a = b; return 1; } return 0; }

const long long MAX = 5100000;
const long long INF = 1LL << 60;
const long long mod = 1000000007LL;
//const long long mod = 998244353LL;

using namespace std;
typedef unsigned long long ull;
typedef long long ll;


int main()
{
	/*
	cin.tie(nullptr);
	ios::sync_with_stdio(false);
	*/
	ll N, K; cin >> N >> K;
	ll mx = (1 + N) * N / 2;
	ll mn = mx - (N + N - K + 1) * K;

	cout << (mx - mn) / 2 + 1 << endl;
	return 0;
}