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Alice and Bob Playing Flower Game

Alice and Bob are playing a turn-based game on a circular field surrounded by flowers.

Alice and Bob are playing a turn-based game on a circular field surrounded by flowers. The circle represents the field, and there are x flowers in the clockwise direction between Alice and Bob, and y flowers in the anti-clockwise direction between them.

The game proceeds as follows:

Given two integers, n and m, the task is to compute the number of possible pairs (x, y) that satisfy the conditions:

Return the number of possible pairs (x, y) that satisfy the conditions mentioned in the statement.

Example 1

Input: n = 3, m = 2

Output: 3

Explanation: The following pairs satisfy conditions described in the statement: (1,2), (3,2), (2,1).

Example 2

Input: n = 1, m = 1

Output: 0

Explanation: No pairs satisfy the conditions described in the statement.

Constraints

  • 1 <= n, m <= 10^5

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