#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;

#define int long long
struct Fast {Fast(){std::cin.tie(0);ios::sync_with_stdio(false);}} fast;

/* short */
#define pb push_back
#define mp make_pair
#define fst first
#define snd second
#define ALL(v) begin(v), end(v)

/* REPmacro */
#define FOR(i, s, n) for (int i = (s); i < (n); i++)
#define RFOR(i, s, n) for (int i = (s); i >= (n); i--)
#define rep(i, n) FOR(i, 0, n)
#define repi(i, n) FOR(i, 1, n + 1)
#define rrep(i, n) RFOR(i, n - 1, 0)
#define rrepi(i, n) RFOR(i, n, 1)

/* debug */
#define pp(v) cerr << #v "=" << (v) << endl;

/* alias */
using ll = long long;
using ull = unsigned long long;
using vi = vector<int>;
using vvi = vector<vi>;
using vvvi = vector<vvi>;
using pii = pair<int, int>;
using vs = vector<string>;
using Graph = vvi;
template <typename T> using PQ = priority_queue<T>;
template <typename T> using minPQ = priority_queue<T, vector<T>, greater<T>>;

/* iostream */
template<typename T> istream &operator>>(istream &is, vector<T> &vec){ for (auto &v : vec) is >> v; return is; }
template<typename T> ostream &operator<<(ostream &os, const vector<T> &vec){ os << "["; for (auto v : vec) os << v << ","; os << "]"; return os; }
template<typename T> ostream &operator<<(ostream &os, const deque<T> &vec){ os << "deq["; for (auto v : vec) os << v << ","; os << "]"; return os; }
template<typename T> ostream &operator<<(ostream &os, const set<T> &vec){ os << "{"; for (auto v : vec) os << v << ","; os << "}"; return os; }
template<typename T> ostream &operator<<(ostream &os, const multiset<T> &vec){ os << "{"; for (auto v : vec) os << v << ","; os << "}"; return os; }
template<typename T1, typename T2> ostream &operator<<(ostream &os, const pair<T1, T2> &pa){ os << "(" << pa.first << "," << pa.second << ")"; return os; }
template<typename TK, typename TV> ostream &operator<<(ostream &os, const map<TK, TV> &mp){ os << "{"; for (auto v : mp) os << v.first << "=>" << v.second << ","; os << "}"; return os; }

/* const */
const int INF = 1001001001;
const ll LINF = 1001001001001001001ll;
const int MOD = 1e9 + 7;
const int dx[] = {0, 1, 0, -1, 1, -1, 1, -1}, dy[] = {1, 0, -1, 0, 1, -1, -1, 1};

/* func */
#define UNIQUE(v) v.erase( unique(ALL(v)), v.end() );
#define TIME system("date +%M:%S.%N")
inline bool inside(int y, int x, int H, int W) {return y >= 0 && x >= 0 && y < H && x < W;}
template <typename T> inline bool chmin(T& a, const T& b) {if (a > b) a = b; return a > b;}
template <typename T> inline bool chmax(T& a, const T& b) {if (a < b) a = b; return a < b;}
template<class T> T gcd(const T &a, const T &b) { return a < b ? gcd(b, a) : b ? gcd(b, a % b) : a; }
template<class T> T lcm(const T &a, const T &b) { return a / gcd(a, b) * b; }
template<class T> T div_ceil(const T &a, const T &b) { return (a + b - 1) / b; }

int div_para(int w, int h) {
  int a = round(w/3.0f);
  int b = w - a * 2;
  if (a==0 || b==0) return LINF;
  return abs(a-b)*h;
}

int div_tsh(int w, int h) {
  int a = round(w/3.0f);
  w -= a;
  int b = h/2;
  // pp(a); pp(b); pp(w); pp(h);
  if (a==0 || b==0) return LINF;
  vi v = {a*h, b*w, (h-b)*w};
  sort(ALL(v));
  return abs(v[0] - v[2]);
}

signed main() {
  int h,w;cin>>h>>w;
  int ans = LINF;
  chmin(ans, div_para(w,h));
  chmin(ans, div_para(h,w));
  chmin(ans, div_tsh(w,h));
  chmin(ans, div_tsh(h,w));
  cout << ans << endl;
}

Measured memory_bytes: 256