#include<iostream>
#include<algorithm>
#include<cmath>
#include<vector>
#include<map>
#include<set>
#include<string>
#include<queue>
#include<stack>
#include<iomanip>

#define fast_io ios_base::sync_with_stdio(false); cin.tie(NULL); cout.tie(NULL);

using namespace std;

#define debug(x) cout<<(#x)<<"="<<(x)<<", ";
#define debug1(x) debug(x) cout<<'\n';
#define debug2(x1, x2) debug(x1) debug(x2) cout<<'\n';
#define debug3(x1, x2, x3) debug(x1) debug(x2) debug(x3) cout<<'\n';
#define debug4(x1, x2, x3, x4) debug(x1) debug(x2) debug(x3) debug(x4) cout<<'\n';
#define debug5(x1, x2, x3, x4, x5) debug(x1) debug(x2) debug(x3) debug(x4) debug(x5) cout<<'\n';

#define fcout cout<<fixed<<setprecision(15)
#define repp(i,j,k) for(int i=j; i<k; ++i)
#define rep(i,j) repp(i,0,j)
#define rrep(i,j,k) for(int i=j; i>=k; --i)
#define all(x) (x).begin(), (x).end()
#define sort(x) sort(x.begin(), x.end())
#define lb(x,val) lower_bound(x.begin(), x.end(), val)
#define ub(x,val) upper_bound(x.begin(), x.end(), val)
#define pb(x) emplace_back(x);

typedef long long int lli;
typedef pair<int,int> pii;
typedef pair<lli,lli> pll;
typedef vector<int> vi;
typedef vector<lli> vl;
typedef tuple<int, int, lli> tiil;

//const lli M=998244353ll;
const lli M=1000000007ll;
const double D=1.0;

int main(){
	fast_io
	int a,b,c; cin>>a>>b>>c;
	cout<<max(a*b, max(a+b,a-b));
	return 0;
}
#include <bits/stdc++.h>
#define int long long
#define rep(i, n) for(int i = 0; i < (int)(n); i++)
#define all(x) (x).begin(),(x).end()
#define pb push_back
#define F first
#define S second

using namespace std;
using P = pair<int,int>;
using ivec = vector<int>;
using Graph = vector<vector<int>>;
template<class T> inline bool chmax(T& a, T b) { if (a < b) { a = b; return 1; } return 0; }

const int MOD=1000000007;
int INF=100100100100100;
int add(int a,int b){
  return (a+b)%MOD;
}
int prod(int a,int b){
  return (a*b)%MOD;
}

int beki(int a,int b)
{
	if(b==0)return 1;
	int x=beki(a,b/2);
	if(b%2==0)return (x*x)%MOD;
	else return (((a*x)%MOD)*x)%MOD;
}

int inv(int a)
{
	return beki(a,MOD-2);
}

int kaijou(int a)
{
	int ans=1;
	for(int i=1;i<=a;i++)
	{
		ans=(ans*i)%MOD;
	}			
	return ans;
}

/*int combi(int a,int b)
{
	int ret=1;
	for(int i=1;i<=b;i++)
	{
		ret=(((ret*(a+1-i))%MOD)*inv(i))%MOD;
	}
	return ret;
}*/
/*
const int MAX_a=200010;
int cb[MAX_a+1]
void combi(int a,int b)
{
    int ret=1;
    cb[0]=1;
    for(int i=1;i<=b;i++)
    {
	ret=(((ret*(a+1-i))%MOD)*inv(i))%MOD;
        cb[i]=ret;
    }
	
}*/

vector<P> prime_factorize(int N)
{
	vector<P> res;
	for(int a=2;a*a<=N;a++)
	{
		if(N%a!=0)continue;
		int ex=0;
		while(N%a==0)
		{
			ex++;N/=a;
		}
		res.push_back(P(a,ex));
	}
	if(N!=1)res.push_back(P(N,1));
	return res;
}

//ここから書く
signed main(){
  int a,b;cin>>a>>b;
  cout<<max(a+b,max(a-b,a*b))<<endl;
  return 0;
}