import java.util.*;

public class Main {
	public static void main (String[] args) {
		Scanner sc = new Scanner(System.in);
		int m = sc.nextInt();
		int n = sc.nextInt();
		int g = getGCD(m, n);
		m /= g;
		n /= g;
		int count = 0;
		while (n > 1 || m > 1) {
		    if (m < n) {
		        int tmp = n;
		        n = m;
		        m = tmp;
		        count++;
		    } else {
		        int tmp = (m - 1) / n;
		        count += tmp;
		        m -= tmp * n;
		    }
		}
		System.out.println(count);
	}
	
	static int getGCD(int x, int y) {
	    if (x % y == 0)  {
	        return y;
	    } else {
	        return getGCD(y, x % y);
	    }
	}
}