#include <bits/stdc++.h>

#ifdef _DEBUG
#define debug(x) cerr << "line: " << __LINE__ << ", func: " << __func__ << " ->  " << #x << " = " << x << endl
#else
#define debug(x)
#endif

#define all(s) begin(s), end(s)
#define rall(s) rbegin(s), rend(s)
#define rep(i, a, b) for (int i = (a); i < (b); i++)
#define rrep(i, a, b) for (int i = ((a)-1); i >= (b); i--)
#define pb push_back
#define sz(a) int((a).size())
#define put(a) ((cout) << (a) << (endl))
#define putf(a, n) ((cout) << (fixed) << (setprecision(n)) << (a) << (endl))
#define deg2rad(x) (((x)*PI) / (180.0))
#define rad2deg(x) (((x) * (180.0)) / PI)

using namespace std;

using ll = long long;
using ull = unsigned long long;
using i_i = pair<int, int>;
using ll_ll = pair<ll, ll>;
using d_ll = pair<double, ll>;
using ll_d = pair<ll, double>;
using d_d = pair<double, double>;
template <class T> using vec = vector<T>;

static constexpr ll LL_INF = 1LL << 60;
static constexpr int I_INF = 1 << 28;
static constexpr double PI = static_cast<double>(3.14159265358979323846264338327950288);
static constexpr double EPS = numeric_limits<double>::epsilon();

static map<type_index, const char* const> scanType = {
    {typeid(int), "%d"}, {typeid(ll), "%lld"}, {typeid(double), "%lf"}, {typeid(char), "%c"}};

template <class T> static void scan(vector<T>& v);
[[maybe_unused]] static void scan(vector<string>& v, bool isWord = true);
template <class T> static inline bool chmax(T& a, T b);
template <class T> static inline bool chmin(T& a, T b);
template <class T> static inline T gcd(T a, T b);
template <class T> static inline T lcm(T a, T b);
template <class A, size_t N, class T> static void Fill(A (&arr)[N], const T& val);
template <class T> T mod(T a, T m);

int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
  ll h, w;
  cin >> h >> w;

  ll ans = LL_INF;
  ll d = h / 3, m = h % 3;
  if (m == 0) {
    put(0);
    return 0;
  }
  chmin(ans, abs((d + 1) * w - d * w));

  d = w / 3, m = w % 3;
  if (m == 0) {
    put(0);
    return 0;
  }
  chmin(ans, abs((d + 1) * h - d * h));

  rep(i, 1, h) {
    ll h_area = i * w;
    ll d = w / 2, m = w % 2;
    if (m == 0) {
      chmin(ans, abs(h_area - (h - i) * d));
      continue;
    }

    ll w1_area = (h - i) * (d + 1);
    ll w2_area = (h - i) * d;
    chmin(ans, abs(min(h_area, min(w1_area, w2_area)) - max(h_area, max(w1_area, w2_area))));
  }

  rep(i, 1, w) {
    ll w_area = i * h;
    ll d = h / 2, m = h % 2;
    if (m == 0) {
      chmin(ans, abs(w_area - (w - i) * d));
      continue;
    }

    ll h1_area = (w - i) * (d + 1);
    ll h2_area = (w - i) * d;
    chmin(ans, abs(min(w_area, min(h1_area, h2_area)) - max(w_area, max(h1_area, h2_area))));
  }

  put(ans);
  return 0;
}

template <class T> static void scan(vector<T>& v) {
  auto tFormat = scanType[typeid(T)];
  for (T& n : v) {
    scanf(tFormat, &n);
  }
}

static void scan(vector<string>& v, bool isWord) {
  if (isWord) {
    for (auto& n : v) {
      cin >> n;
    }
    return;
  }

  int i = 0, size = v.size();
  string s;
  getline(cin, s);

  if (s.size() != 0) {
    i++;
    v[0] = s;
  }

  for (; i < size; ++i) {
    getline(cin, v[i]);
  }
}

template <class T> inline bool chmax(T& a, T b) {
  if (a < b) {
    a = b;
    return 1;
  }
  return 0;
}

template <class T> inline bool chmin(T& a, T b) {
  if (a > b) {
    a = b;
    return 1;
  }
  return 0;
}

template <class T> inline T gcd(T a, T b) { return __gcd(a, b); }

template <class T> inline T lcm(T a, T b) {
  T c = min(a, b), d = max(a, b);
  return c * (d / gcd(c, d));
}

template <class A, size_t N, class T> void Fill(A (&arr)[N], const T& val) {
  std::fill((T*)arr, (T*)(arr + N), val);
}

template <class T> T mod(T a, T m) { return (a % m + m) % m; }


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