import java.io._
import java.util.StringTokenizer
import scala.util.control.Breaks.{breakable,break}
import scala.collection.mutable.{Map, Queue, PriorityQueue}

object Main extends App {
  val in = new InputReader(System.in)
  val pw = new PrintWriter(System.out)

  // val a = new Array[Int](N)

  // 
  // val a, b = in.next().toInt
  // val s = in.next()

  val N = in.next().toLong


  //
  val M = N-1
  val ans = (M * (M+1)) / 2
  println(ans)
}


class InputReader(stream: InputStream) {
  private val reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(stream))
  private var tokenizer: StringTokenizer = new StringTokenizer(reader.readLine())
  def next(): String = {
    while (!tokenizer.hasMoreTokens()) {
      tokenizer = new StringTokenizer(reader.readLine())
    }
    tokenizer.nextToken()
  }
}
