#!/usr/bin/env python3
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

import fractions


def count_operations(m, n):
    g = fractions.gcd(m, n)
    m0 = m // g
    n0 = n // g
    counter = 0
    while True:
        if m0 == n0:
            return counter
        elif m0 > n0:
            l = (m0 - 1) // n0
            m0 -= l * n0
            counter += l
        else:
            m0, n0 = n0, m0
            counter += 1


if __name__ == "__main__":
    m, n = map(int, input().split())
    print(count_operations(m, n))