#include <algorithm>
#include <bitset>
#include <cmath>
#include <complex>
#include <cstring>
#include <iomanip>
#include <iostream>
#include <list>
#include <map>
#include <numeric>
#include <queue>
#include <regex>
#include <set>
#include <stack>
#include <string>
#include <vector>

const int MOD = 1e9 + 7;
const int iINF = 2147483647 / 2;
const long long int llINF = 9223372036854775807 / 2;

using namespace std;
using ll = long long int;
using vl = vector<ll>;
using vvl = vector<vector<ll>>;
using vvvl = vector<vector<vector<ll>>>;

typedef pair<ll, ll> pll;
bool paircomp(const pll &a, const pll &b) {
  if (a.first == b.first)
    return a.second < b.second;
  return a.first < b.first;
}

#define REP(i, n) for (ll i = 0; i < (n); i++)
#define RREP(i, n) for (ll i = (n)-1; i >= 0; i--)
#define FOR(i, a, b) for (ll i = (a); i < (b); i++)
#define AUTO(i, m) for (auto &i : m)
#define ALL(a) (a).begin(), (a).end()
#define MAX(vec) *std::max_element(vec.begin(), vec.end())
#define MIN(vec) *std::min_element(vec.begin(), vec.end())
#define ARGMAX(vec)                                                            \
  std::distance(vec.begin(), std::max_element(vec.begin(), vec.end()))
#define ARGMIN(vec)                                                            \
  std::distance(vec.begin(), std::min_element(vec.begin(), vec.end()))
#define REV(T) greater<T>()
#define PQ(T) priority_queue<T, vector<T>, greater<T>>
#define VVL(a, b, c) vector<vector<ll>>(a, vector<ll>(b, c))
#define VVVL(a, b, c, d)                                                       \
  vector<vector<vector<ll>>>(a, vector<vector<ll>>(b, vector<ll>(c, d)))
#define SP(a) setprecision(a)
#define SQRT(a) sqrt((long double)(a))
#define DPOW(a, b) pow((long double)(a), (long double)(b))
#define UNIQUE(vec)                                                            \
  do {                                                                         \
    sort(ALL((vec)));                                                          \
    (vec).erase(std::unique(ALL((vec))), (vec).end());                         \
  } while (0)

ll POW(ll n, ll m) {
  if (m == 0) {
    return 1;
  } else if (m % 2 == 0) {
    ll tmp = POW(n, m / 2);
    return (tmp * tmp);
  } else {
    return (n * POW(n, m - 1));
  }
}

int dx[4] = {1, 0, -1, 0};
int dy[4] = {0, 1, 0, -1};

int main() {
  ios_base::sync_with_stdio(false);
  cin.tie(NULL);
  ll H, W;
  cin >> H >> W;
  ll a = 0, b = 0, c = 0, d = 0, e = 0, f = 0;
  if (H % 3 == 0)
    a = 0;
  else
    a = W;

  if (W % 3 == 0)
    b = 0;
  else
    b = H;

  ll po = (H / 3) * W;
  ll yo = (H - (H / 3));
  if (W % 2 == 0)
    yo *= W / 2;
  else
    yo *= (W + 1) / 2;
  c = abs(yo - po);

  ll pj = ((H / 3) + 1) * W;
  ll yj = (H - (H / 3) - 1);
  if (W % 2 == 0)
    yj *= W / 2;
  else
    yj *= (W - 1) / 2;
  e = abs(yj - pj);

  ll pi = (W / 3) * H;
  ll yi = (W - (W / 3));
  if (H % 2 == 0)
    yi *= H / 2;
  else
    yi *= (H + 1) / 2;
  d = abs(yi - pi);

  ll pk = ((W / 3) + 1) * H;
  ll yk = (W - (W / 3) - 1);
  if (H % 2 == 0)
    yk *= H / 2;
  else
    yk *= (H - 1) / 2;
  f = abs(yk - pk);
  // cout << a << " " << b << " " << c << " " << d << " " << e << " " << f <<
  // endl;

  cout << min(min(min(a, b), min(c, d)), min(e, f)) << endl;

  return 0;
}


Measured memory_bytes: 256