import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;


public class Main implements Runnable {

  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
  public void run() {
    BetterScanner scanner = new BetterScanner(System.in);

    long h = scanner.nextLong();
    long w = scanner.nextLong();

    long res = Math.min(calc(h, w), calc(w, h));
    System.out.println(res);
  }

  public long calc(long h, long w) {
    if (w % 3 == 0) {
      return 0;
    } else {
      long cand = h;
      for (int i = 0 ; i <= 1 ; i ++) {
        long a = (w / 3 + i) * h;
        long b = (w - w / 3 - i) * (h / 2);
        long c = (w - w / 3 - i) * (h - h / 2);
        long max = Math.max(a, Math.max(b, c));
        long min = Math.min(a, Math.min(b, c));
        if (max - min < cand) {
          cand = max - min;
        }
      }
      return cand;
    }
  }

  public static void main(String[] args) {
    Main main = new Main();
    main.run();
  }
 
  public static class BetterScanner {
 
    private InputStream stream;
    private byte[] buffer = new byte[1024];
    private int pointer = 0;
    private int bufferLength = 0;
 
    public BetterScanner(InputStream stream) {
      this.stream = stream;
    }
 
    private boolean updateBuffer() {
      if (pointer >= bufferLength) {
        pointer = 0;
        try {
          bufferLength = stream.read(buffer);
        } catch (IOException exception) {
          exception.printStackTrace();
        }
        return bufferLength > 0;
      } else {
        return true;
      }
    }
 
    private int read() {
      if (updateBuffer()) {
        return buffer[pointer ++];
      } else {
        return -1;
      }
    }
 
    public boolean hasNext() {
      skipUnprintable();
      return updateBuffer();
    }
 
    private void skipUnprintable() { 
      while (updateBuffer() && !isPrintableChar(buffer[pointer])) {
        pointer ++;
      }
    }
 
    public String next() {
      if (hasNext()) {
        StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
        int codePoint = read();
        while (isPrintableChar(codePoint)) {
          builder.appendCodePoint(codePoint);
          codePoint = read();
        }
        return builder.toString();
      } else {
        throw new NoSuchElementException();
      }
    }
 
    public long nextLong() {
      if (hasNext()) {
        long number = 0;
        boolean minus = false;
        int codePoint = read();
        if (codePoint == '-') {
          minus = true;
          codePoint = read();
        }
        if (codePoint >= '0' && codePoint <= '9') {
          while (true) {
            if (codePoint >= '0' && codePoint <= '9') {
              number *= 10;
              number += codePoint - '0';
            } else if (codePoint < 0 || !isPrintableChar(codePoint)) {
              return (minus) ? -number : number;
            } else {
              throw new NumberFormatException();
            }
            codePoint = read();
          }
        } else {
          throw new NumberFormatException();
        }
      } else {
        throw new NoSuchElementException();
      }
    }
 
    public int nextInt() {
      long number = nextLong();
      if (number >= Integer.MIN_VALUE && number <= Integer.MAX_VALUE) {
        return (int)number;
      } else {
        throw new NumberFormatException();
      }
    }
 
    private boolean isPrintableChar(int codePoint) {
      return codePoint >= 33 && codePoint <= 126;
    }
 
  }
 
}


Measured memory_bytes: 21204