//
// ABC055C
// URL : https://atcoder.jp/contests/abc055/tasks/abc055_c
// 
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.IO;
using System.Text;

namespace AtCoder
{
    class ABC055C
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            preprocess();
            // 整数配列の入力
            long[] inputLongArray = Console.ReadLine().Split(' ').Select(_inputStr => long.Parse(_inputStr)).ToArray();
            long N = inputLongArray[0];//S型
            long M = inputLongArray[1];//C型

            var ans = makePiece(N, M);

            Console.WriteLine(ans.ToString());
            Console.Out.Flush();
        }

        static long makePiece(long NumS, long NumC)
        {
            //SCC1つを以下の組み合わせで錬成する
            //[1] Sx1, Cx2
            //[2] Cx4
            long total = 0;
            if(2 * NumS <= NumC )
            {
                long cnt = NumS;
                total += cnt;
                NumS = 0;
                NumC -= (cnt * 2);

                //残りは[2]パターン。CパーツだけでSCCを構成する.
                total += (NumC / 4);
                NumC = NumC % 4;
            }
            else//2s > c
            {
                long cnt = (NumC / 2);
                total += cnt;
                NumS -= cnt;
                NumC = (NumC % 2);
                //C,SとももうSccを構成できるパーツがない
            }

            return total;
        }

        //---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        /// <summary>
        /// 
        /// </summary>
        public static void preprocess()
        {
            //出力高速化
            var sw = new StreamWriter(Console.OpenStandardOutput()) { AutoFlush = false };
            Console.SetOut(sw);
        }


        /// <summary>
        /// 与えられた数が素数かどうかを計算する
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="num">対象数</param>
        /// <returns>true:素数, false:素数ではない(合成数)</returns>
        public static bool isPrime(int num)
        {
            if (num < 2) return false;
            else if (num == 2) return true;
            else if (num % 2 == 0) return false;

            double sqrtNum = Math.Sqrt(num);
            for (int i = 3; i <= sqrtNum; i += 2)
            {
                if (num % i == 0)
                {
                    return false;
                }
            }
            return true;
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// 順列mPnを計算する
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="m"></param>
        /// <param name="n"></param>
        /// <returns></returns>
        public static long Permutation(long m, long n)
        {
            long ret = 1;
            for(var i = 0; i < n; ++i)
            {
                ret *= m - i;
            }
            return ret;
        }
        /// <summary>
        /// 組み合わせmCnを計算する
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="m"></param>
        /// <param name="n"></param>
        /// <returns></returns>
        public static long Combination(long m, long n)
        {
            if(m == n || n == 0)
            {
                return 1;
            }
            long ans = 1;
            for(var i = 0; i <= n; ++i)
            {
                ans *= (m - i + 1) / i;
            }
            return ans;
        }

        static long Gcd(long m, long n)
        {
            if (n == 0) return m;
            return Gcd(n, m % n);
        }

        static long Lcm(long m, long n)
        {
            var gcd = Gcd(m, n);
            //return (m * n) / gcd;
            return m / gcd * n;//桁あふれ対策
        }
    }
}



Measured memory_bytes: 13396