#include <iostream>

using namespace std;
const int N = 105;

int a[N][N];
int n, m;

int main() {
    cin >> n >> m;

    int left = 0, right = m - 1, top = 0, bottom = n - 1;
    int k = 1;
    while (left <= right && top <= bottom) {
        for (int i = left ; i <= right; i ++) {
            a[top][i] = k ++;
        }
        for (int i = top + 1; i <= bottom; i ++) {
            a[i][right] = k ++;
        }
        for (int i = right - 1; i >= left && top < bottom; i --) {
            a[bottom][i] = k ++;
        }
        for (int i = bottom - 1; i > top && left < right; i --) {
            a[i][left] = k ++;
        }
        left ++, right --, top ++, bottom --;
    }
    for (int i = 0; i < n; i ++) {
        for (int j = 0; j < m; j ++) {
            cout << a[i][j] << " ";
        }
        cout << endl;
    }
    return 0;
}