import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;

public class A implements Runnable{
	public static void main (String[] args) {new Thread(null, new A(), "_cf", 1 << 28).start();}

	public void run() {
		FastScanner scan = new FastScanner();
		PrintWriter out = new PrintWriter(System.out);

		int a = scan.nextInt();
		int b = scan.nextInt();
		int min = Math.min(a, b);
		int max = Math.max(a, b);
		int res = 100100100;
		for(int i = min; i <= max; i++) {
			res = Math.min(res, summation(i - min) + summation(max - i));
		}
		out.println(res);
		out.close();
	}
	
	int summation(int n) {
		return n * (n + 1) / 2;
	}

	class FastScanner {
		BufferedReader br;
		StringTokenizer st;
		public FastScanner() {
			try	{
				br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
				//                br = new BufferedReader(new FileReader("testdata.out"));
				st = new StringTokenizer("");
			} catch (Exception e){e.printStackTrace();}
		}
		public String next() {
			if (st.hasMoreTokens())	return st.nextToken();
			try {st = new StringTokenizer(br.readLine());}
			catch (Exception e) {e.printStackTrace();}
			return st.nextToken();
		}
		public int nextInt() {return Integer.parseInt(next());}
		public long nextLong() {return Long.parseLong(next());}
		public double nextDouble() {return Double.parseDouble(next());}

		public String nextLine() {
			String line = "";
			try {line = br.readLine();}
			catch (Exception e) {e.printStackTrace();}
			return line;
		}
		public Integer[] nextIntegerArray(int n) {
			Integer[] a = new Integer[n];
			for(int i = 0; i < n; i++) a[i] = nextInt();
			return a;
		}
		public int[] nextIntArray(int n) {
			int[] a = new int[n];
			for(int i = 0; i < n; i++) a[i] = nextInt();
			return a;
		}
		public char[] nextCharArray() {return nextLine().toCharArray();}
	}

}