#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
typedef long long ll;
typedef long double ld;
typedef pair<int,int> P;
typedef pair<ll, ll> Pll;
#define rep(i,n) for(int (i) = 0; (i) < (int)(n); (i)++)
#define debug(var)  do{std::cout << #var << " : ";view(var);}while(0)
template<typename T> void view(T e){std::cout << e << std::endl;}
template<typename T> void view(const std::vector<T>& v){for(const auto& e : v){ std::cout << e << " "; } std::cout << std::endl;}
template<typename T> void view(const std::vector<std::vector<T> >& vv){ for(const auto& v : vv){ view(v); } }
template<class T>bool chmax(T &a, const T &b) { if (a<b) { a=b; return 1; } return 0; }
template<class T>bool chmin(T &a, const T &b) { if (b<a) { a=b; return 1; } return 0; }
void Yes(){cout << "Yes" << endl;}
void No(){cout << "No" << endl;}
void YES(){cout << "YES" << endl;}
void NO(){cout << "NO" << endl;}
void err() {cout << -1 << endl;}
#define all(x) (x.begin(), x.end())

const int MOD = 1000000007;
const int INF = 1e9;

#define PI acos(-1);
int dx[4] = {1,-1,0,0};
int dy[4] = {0,0,1,-1};
int ddx[8] = {1,1,1,-1,-1,-1,0,0};
int ddy[8] = {0,1,-1,0,1,-1,1,-1};


int main(){
    int a, b;
    cin >> a >> b;
    cout << max({a+b, a-b, a*b}) << endl;

}
#include <iostream>
 using namespace std ;
 int main()
 {
   int A, B, c, d, e;
   cin>>A;
   cin>>B;
   c =(A + B);
   d =(A - B);
   e =(A * B);
   if (c >= e&&c >= d)
   {
   cout<<c<<endl;
   }
else   if (e >= d&&e >= c)
   {
     cout<<e<<endl;
   }
  else  if (d >= e&&d >= c) 
   {
     cout<<d<<endl;
   }
   }