#include<iostream>
using namespace std;

int q[100][100];

int main(){
    int n,m;
    cin >> n >> m;
    int dx[] = {0, 1, 0, -1},dy[] = {1, 0, -1, 0};

    for(int x = 0, y = 0, d = 0, k = 1; k <= n * m; ++k){
        q[x][y] = k;
        int a = x + dx[d], b = y + dy[d];
        if(a < 0 || a >= n || b < 0 || b >= m || q[a][b]){
            d = (d + 1) % 4;
            a = x + dx[d], b = y + dy[d];
        }
        x = a,y = b;
    }

    for(int i = 0; i < n; ++i){
        for(int j = 0; j < m; ++j)
            cout << q[i][j] << " ";
        cout << endl;
    }
    return 0 ;
}