local DBG = true
local function dbgpr(...)
    if DBG then
        io.write("[dbg]")
        print(...)
    end
end
local function dbgpr_t(tbl, use_pairs)
    if DBG then
        local enum = ipairs
        if use_pairs then
            enum = pairs
        end
        dbgpr(tbl)
        io.write("[dbg]")
        for i,v in enum(tbl) do
            io.write(i)
            io.write(":")
            io.write(tostring(v))
            io.write(" ")
        end
        print("")
    end
end
local H, W = io.read("n", "n")
local INF = 99999999999
local function vert(H, W)
    local m = W % 3
    if m == 0 then
        return 0
    else
        return H
    end
end

local function horiz(H, W)
    return vert(W, H)
end

local function maxmindiff(a,b,c)
    local max = math.max(a,b,c)
    local min = math.min(a,b,c)
    return max - min
end

local function vh(H, W)
    local d = W // 3
    local h = H // 2
    local ans = INF
    for w=math.max(d,0),math.min(d+2,W) do
        local area1 = w * H
        local area2 = (W - w) * h
        local area3 = (W - w) * (H - h)
        ans = math.min(ans, maxmindiff(area1,area2,area3))
    end
    return ans
end


local function hv(H, W)
    return vh(W, H)
end

local answers = {vert(H, W), horiz(H, W), vh(H, W), hv(H, W)}
--dbgpr_t(answers)
print(math.min(table.unpack(answers)))

