import sys; input = sys.stdin.buffer.readline
sys.setrecursionlimit(10**7)
from collections import defaultdict
con = 10 ** 9 + 7; INF = float("inf")

from fractions import gcd
def getlist():
	return list(map(int, input().split()))

# def gcd(a, b):
# 	cnt = 0
# 	while b != 0:
# 		a, b = b, a % b
# 		cnt += 1
# 	return a

#処理内容
def main():
	M, N = getlist()
	GCD = gcd(M, N)
	M = int(M // GCD)
	N = int(N // GCD)
	ans = 0

	up = M; down = N
	while up != 1 or down != 1:
		# print(up, down)
		if up < down:
			ans += 1
			up, down = down, up
		else:
			if down == 1:
				ans += up - 1
				break
			else:
				val = int((up - down) // down) + 1
				ans += val
				up %= down

	# print(up, down)

	print(ans)

if __name__ == '__main__':
	main()