#include "bits/stdc++.h"
using namespace std;
typedef long long ll;
typedef pair<int, int> pii;
typedef pair<ll, ll> pll;
const int INF = 1e9;
const ll LINF = 1e18;
template<class S,class T> ostream& operator << (ostream& out,const pair<S,T>& o){ out << "(" << o.first << "," << o.second << ")"; return out; }
template<class T> ostream& operator << (ostream& out,const vector<T> V){ for(int i = 0; i < V.size(); i++){ out << V[i]; if(i!=V.size()-1) out << " ";} return out; }
template<class T> ostream& operator << (ostream& out,const vector<vector<T> > Mat){ for(int i = 0; i < Mat.size(); i++) { if(i != 0) out << endl; out << Mat[i];} return out; }
template<class S,class T> ostream& operator << (ostream& out,const map<S,T> mp){ out << "{ "; for(auto it = mp.begin(); it != mp.end(); it++){ out << it->first << ":" << it->second; if(mp.size()-1 != distance(mp.begin(),it)) out << ", "; } out << " }"; return out; }

/*
 <url:http://judge.u-aizu.ac.jp/onlinejudge/description.jsp?id=1591>
 問題文============================================================
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 解説=============================================================
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 */

ll solve(){
    ll res = 0;
    ll n,d; cin >> n >> d;
    if(d == 1) return n*(n-1)/2;
    res += d-1;
    res += (n-d)*(n-d+1)/2;
    res += (n-d-1);
    return res;
}
int main(void) {
    cin.tie(0); ios_base::sync_with_stdio(false);
    cout << solve() << endl;
    return 0;
}

