#include <cstdio>
#include <iostream>
#include <vector>
#include <map>
#include <unordered_map>
#include <set>
#include <unordered_set>
#include <string>
#include <cstring>
#include <sstream>
#include <algorithm>
#include <functional>
#include <queue>
#include <stack>
#include <cmath>
#include <iomanip>
#include <list>
#include <tuple>
#include <bitset>
#include <ciso646>

using namespace std;

typedef long long ll;
typedef unsigned long long ull;
typedef long double ld;
typedef pair<ll, ll> P;
typedef tuple<ll, ll, ll> T;
typedef vector<ll> vec;

inline bool cheak(ll x, ll y, ll xMax, ll yMax){ return x >= 0 && y >= 0 && xMax > x && yMax > y; }
inline ll toInt(string s) { ll v; istringstream sin(s); sin >> v; return v; }
template<class T> inline string toString(T x) { ostringstream sout; sout << x; return sout.str(); }
template<class T> inline T sqr(T x) { return x*x; }

#define For(i,a,b)	for(ll (i) = (a);i < (b);(i)++)
#define rep(i,n)	For(i,0,n)
#define rFor(i,a,b)	for(ll (i) = (a-1);i >= (b);(i)--)
#define rrep(i,n)	rFor(i,n,0)
#define clr(a)		memset((a), 0 ,sizeof(a))
#define mclr(a)		memset((a), -1 ,sizeof(a))
#define all(a)		(a).begin(),(a).end()
#define sz(a)		(sizeof(a))

const ll dx[8] = { 1, 0, -1, 0, 1, 1, -1, -1 }, dy[8] = { 0, -1, 0, 1, -1, 1, -1, 1 };
const ll mod = 1e9 + 7;
const ll INF = 1e9 + 9;

int gcd(int a, int b){ return (b == 0 ? a : gcd(b, a % b)); }

int main(){
	int m, n;
	cin >> m >> n;
	int g = gcd(m, n);
	m /= g;
	n /= g;

	int cnt = 0;
	while (true){
		if (n == 1){
			cnt += (m - 1);
			break;
		}
		else{
			if (m > n){
				m -= n;
			}
			else{
				swap(m, n);
			}
			cnt++;
		}
	}
	cout << cnt << endl;
	return 0;
}