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#include<algorithm>
#include<cstdio>
#include<iostream>
#include<cstring>
#include<cmath>
#include<map>
#include<queue>
#include<set>
#include<sstream>
#include<stack>
#include<string>
#include<vector>
#include<bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;

long long k,a,b;
long long ans;

int main(){

    ios::sync_with_stdio(false);
    cin.tie(0);
    cout.tie(0);

    cin>>k>>a>>b;
    if(a>=b-2){
        cout<<(k+1)<<endl;
        return 0;
    }else{
        ans=a;
        k-=a;k++;
        if(k%2==1)ans++;
        ans+=(k/2)*(b-a);
        cout<<ans<<endl;
    }

    return 0;
}

Measured memory_bytes: 256