#include <cmath>
#include <cstdio>
#include <vector>
#include <iostream>
#include <algorithm>
using namespace std;


int main() {
    /* Enter your code here. Read input from STDIN. Print output to STDOUT */   
    unsigned long n,m,total;
    cin>>n>>m;
    total = n-1 + n *(m-1);
    
    cout<<total<<endl;
    return 0;
    return 0;
}