Alice and Bob Playing Flower Game
Alice and Bob are playing a turn-based game on a field, with two lanes of flowers between them. There are x flowers in the first lane between Alice and Bob, and y flowers in the second lane between them.
The game proceeds as follows:
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Alice takes the first turn.
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In each turn, a player must choose either one of the lane and pick one flower from that side.
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At the end of the turn, if there are no flowers left at all in either lane, the current player captures their opponent and wins the game.
Given two integers, n and m , the task is to compute the number of possible pairs (x, y) that satisfy the conditions:
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Alice must win the game according to the described rules.
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The number of flowers
xin the first lane must be in the range[1,n]. -
The number of flowers
yin the second lane must be in the range[1,m].
Produce the number of possible pairs (x, y) that satisfy the conditions mentioned in the statement .

Input: n = 3, m = 2
Output: 3
Explanation: The following pairs satisfy conditions described in the statement: (1,2), (3,2), (2,1).
Input: n = 1, m = 1
Output: 0
Explanation: No pairs satisfy the conditions described in the statement.
Constraints
1 <= n, m <= 10^5
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