#include <cstdio>
#include <cstring>
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <cmath>
#include <bitset>
#include <vector>
#include <map>
#include <set>
#include <queue>
#include <deque>
#include <algorithm>
#include <complex>
#include <unordered_map>
#include <unordered_set>
#include <random>
#include <cassert>
#include <fstream>
#include <utility>
#include <functional>
#include <time.h>
#include <stack>
#include <array>
#include <list>
#define popcount __builtin_popcount
using namespace std;
typedef long long int ll;
typedef pair<int, int> P;

int main()
{
	ll n, k;
    cin>>n>>k;
    if(n%2){
        cout<<min(n, k+1)<<endl;
    }else{
        cout<<min(n/2, k+1)<<endl;
    }
	return 0;
}