#include <bits/stdc++.h>
#define fi first
#define se second
#define rep(i, s, n) for (int i = (s); i < (n); ++i)
#define rrep(i, n, g) for (int i = (n)-1; i >= (g); --i)
#define all(a) a.begin(), a.end()
#define rall(a) a.rbegin(), a.rend()
#define len(x) (int)(x).size()
#define dup(x, y) (((x) + (y)-1) / (y))
#define pb push_back
#define Field(T) vector<vector<T>>
using namespace std;
using ll = long long;
using P = pair<int, int>;

int main() {
  int a, b;
  cin >> a >> b;
  cout << max({a + b, a - b, a * b}) << endl;
}
#include <bits/stdc++.h>

using namespace std;

typedef long long ll;
typedef long double ld;
typedef pair<int  ,int > pii;

mt19937 rng(chrono::steady_clock::now().time_since_epoch().count());

const ll maxn  = 3e6;
const ll mod =1e9+7;
const ld PI = acos((ld)-1);

#define pb push_back
#define endl '\n'
#define dokme(x) return(cout << x , 0);
#define migmig ios::sync_with_stdio(false);cin.tie(0);cout.tie(0);
#define ms(x , y) memset(x , y , sizeof x);
#define file_init freopen("input.txt", "r+", stdin); freopen("output.txt", "w+", stdout);
ll pw(ll a, ll b, ll md = mod){ll res = 1;while(b){if(b&1){res=(a*res)%md;}a=(a*a)%md;b>>=1;}return(res);}

ll a , b;

int main(){
    migmig
    ll ans = 1e18;
    cin >> a >> b;
    if(a <= b)ans = min(ans , b-a);
    if(-a <= b)ans = min(ans ,b+a+1);
    if(-a <= -b)ans = min(ans ,a-b+2);
    if(a <= -b)ans = min(ans , -b-a+1);
    cout << ans;
    return(0);
}