#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
int main()
{
long long a,b,s=0;
cin>>a>>b;
for(int i=a;i<=b;i++){
s+=i;
}
cout<<s;
return 0;
}
//(n+1)*n/2;
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