#![allow(unused_mut, non_snake_case, unused_imports, dead_code,unused_macros)]

use std::iter;
use std::cmp::{max, min, Ordering};
use std::mem::swap;
use std::collections::{HashMap, BTreeMap, HashSet, BTreeSet, BinaryHeap, VecDeque};
use std::iter::FromIterator;

//　高速 EOF要
//macro_rules! input {(source = $s:expr, $($r:tt)*) => {let mut iter = $s.split_whitespace();input_inner!{iter, $($r)*}};($($r:tt)*) => {let mut s = {use std::io::Read;let mut s = String::new();std::io::stdin().read_to_string(&mut s).unwrap();s};let mut iter = s.split_whitespace();input_inner!{iter, $($r)*}};}
//macro_rules! input_inner {($iter:expr) => {};($iter:expr, ) => {};($iter:expr, $var:ident : $t:tt $($r:tt)*) => {let $var = read_value!($iter, $t);input_inner!{$iter $($r)*}};}
//macro_rules! read_value {($iter:expr, ( $($t:tt),* )) => {( $(read_value!($iter, $t)),* )};($iter:expr, [ $t:tt ; $len:expr ]) => {(0..$len).map(|_| read_value!($iter, $t)).collect::<Vec<_>>()};($iter:expr, chars) => {read_value!($iter, String).chars().collect::<Vec<char>>()};($iter:expr, usize1) => {read_value!($iter, usize) - 1};($iter:expr, $t:ty) => {$iter.next().unwrap().parse::<$t>().expect("Parse error")};}
// 低速 EOF不要
macro_rules! input {(source = $s:expr, $($r:tt)*) => {let mut iter = $s.split_whitespace();let mut next = || { iter.next().unwrap() };input_inner!{next, $($r)*}};($($r:tt)*) => {let stdin = std::io::stdin();let mut bytes = std::io::Read::bytes(std::io::BufReader::new(stdin.lock()));let mut next = move || -> String{bytes.by_ref().map(|r|r.unwrap() as char).skip_while(|c|c.is_whitespace()).take_while(|c|!c.is_whitespace()).collect()};input_inner!{next, $($r)*}};}
macro_rules! mut_input {(source = $s:expr, $($r:tt)*) => {let mut iter = $s.split_whitespace();let mut next = || { iter.next().unwrap() }; mut_input_inner!{next, $($r)*}};($($r:tt)*) => {let stdin = std::io::stdin();let mut bytes = std::io::Read::bytes(std::io::BufReader::new(stdin.lock()));let mut next = move || -> String{bytes.by_ref().map(|r|r.unwrap() as char).skip_while(|c|c.is_whitespace()).take_while(|c|!c.is_whitespace()).collect()}; mut_input_inner!{next, $($r)*}};}
macro_rules! input_inner {($next:expr) => {};($next:expr, ) => {};($next:expr, $var:ident : $t:tt $($r:tt)*) => {let $var = read_value!($next, $t);input_inner!{$next $($r)*}};}
macro_rules! mut_input_inner {($next:expr) => {};($next:expr, ) => {};($next:expr, $var:ident : $t:tt $($r:tt)*) => {let mut $var = read_value!($next, $t);mut_input_inner!{$next $($r)*}};}
macro_rules! read_value {($next:expr, ( $($t:tt),* )) => {( $(read_value!($next, $t)),* )};($next:expr, [ $t:tt ; $len:expr ]) => {(0..$len).map(|_| read_value!($next, $t)).collect::<Vec<_>>()};($next:expr, chars) => {read_value!($next, String).chars().collect::<Vec<char>>()};($next:expr, usize1) => {read_value!($next, usize) - 1};($next:expr, $t:ty) => {$next().parse::<$t>().expect("Parse error")};}

// 非常時
fn read_line() -> String {
    let mut s = String::new();
    std::io::stdin().read_line(&mut s).unwrap();
    s.trim().to_string()
}
fn read_vec<T: std::str::FromStr>() -> Vec<T> {
    let mut s = String::new();
    std::io::stdin().read_line(&mut s).ok();
    s.trim().split_whitespace()
        .map(|e| e.parse().ok().unwrap()).collect()
}

fn solve(){
    mut_input!(H:usize,W:usize);
    let mut ans = 1e9 as usize;
    for i in 1..H{
        let S = vec![i*W,(H-i)*(W/2),(H-i)*(W-W/2)];
        ans = min(ans,S.iter().max().unwrap()-S.iter().min().unwrap());

        let S = vec![i*W,(H-i)/2 * W,((H-i)-(H-i)/2) * W];
        ans = min(ans,S.iter().max().unwrap()-S.iter().min().unwrap());
    }
    swap(&mut H,&mut W);
    for i in 1..H{
        let S = vec![i*W,(H-i)*(W/2),(H-i)*(W-W/2)];
        ans = min(ans,S.iter().max().unwrap()-S.iter().min().unwrap());
        let S = vec![i*W,(H-i)/2 * W,((H-i)-(H-i)/2) * W];
        ans = min(ans,S.iter().max().unwrap()-S.iter().min().unwrap());
    }
    println!("{}",ans);
}
fn main() {
    let stack_size = 104_857_600; // 100 MB
    let thd = std::thread::Builder::new().stack_size(stack_size);
    thd.spawn(|| solve()).unwrap().join().unwrap();
}

Measured memory_bytes: 8572