use std::io::*;
use std::str::FromStr;
use std::collections::HashMap;
use std::collections::BTreeSet;
use std::collections::HashSet;
use std::cmp;
use std::f64::consts;
use std::cmp::Ordering;
use std::collections::VecDeque; //push_back, pop_front

fn main() {
    let mut k: i64 = read();
    let mut a: i64 = read();
    let mut b: i64 = read();

    let mut count: i64 = 0;
    let mut cookie: i64 = 1;

    count += a-1;
    cookie += a-1;

    let nb = (k - count)/2;
    let amari = (k-count)%2;

    cookie += (b-a)*nb + amari;

    let mut cookie2 = 1 + k;

    let ans = cmp::max(cookie, cookie2);

    println!("{}", ans);
}

fn read<T: FromStr>() -> T {
    let stdin = stdin();
    let stdin = stdin.lock();
    let token: String = stdin
        .bytes()
        .map(|c| c.expect("failed to read char") as char)
        .skip_while(|c| c.is_whitespace())
        .take_while(|c| !c.is_whitespace())
        .collect();
    token.parse().ok().expect("failed to parse token")
}

// 最大公約数
fn gcd(a: i32, b: i32) -> i32 {
    match b {
        0 => a,
        _ => gcd(b, a % b)
    }
}

// 最小公倍数
fn lcm(a: i32, b: i32) -> i32 {
    a * b / gcd(a, b)
}

// 階乗
fn kaijou(n: i32)->i32 {
    if n == 1 {
        return n;
    }
    return n * kaijou(n-1);
}

// 順列全列挙
pub trait LexicalPermutation {
    /// Return `true` if the slice was permuted, `false` if it is already
    /// at the last ordered permutation.
    fn next_permutation(&mut self) -> bool;
}

impl<T> LexicalPermutation for [T] where T: Ord {
    /// Original author in Rust: Thomas Backman <serenity@exscape.org>
    /// let mut data = [1, 2, 3];
    //    let mut permutations = Vec::new();
    //
    //    loop {
    //        permutations.push(data.to_vec());
    //        if !data.next_permutation() {
    //            break;
    //        }
    //    }
    //
    //    println!("{:?}", permutations);
    //    // [[1, 2, 3], [1, 3, 2], [2, 1, 3], [2, 3, 1], [3, 1, 2], [3, 2, 1]]
    fn next_permutation(&mut self) -> bool {
        // These cases only have 1 permutation each, so we can't do anything.
        if self.len() < 2 { return false; }

        // Step 1: Identify the longest, rightmost weakly decreasing part of the vector
        let mut i = self.len() - 1;
        while i > 0 && self[i-1] >= self[i] {
            i -= 1;
        }

        // If that is the entire vector, this is the last-ordered permutation.
        if i == 0 {
            return false;
        }

        // Step 2: Find the rightmost element larger than the pivot (i-1)
        let mut j = self.len() - 1;
        while j >= i && self[j] <= self[i-1]  {
            j -= 1;
        }

        // Step 3: Swap that element with the pivot
        self.swap(j, i-1);

        // Step 4: Reverse the (previously) weakly decreasing part
        self[i..].reverse();

        true
    }
}

//iより小さい数字の数 = lower_bound(&a, i) as i64;
//iより大きい数字の数 = n - upper_bound(&c, i) as i64;
fn lower_bound<T: Ord>(vec: &Vec<T>, x: T) -> usize {
    let (mut left, mut right): (i64, i64) = (-1, vec.len() as i64);

    while (right - left) > 1 {
        let mid = (right + left) / 2;

        if x <= vec[mid as usize] {
            right = mid;
        } else {
            left = mid;
        }
    }

    return right as usize;
}

fn upper_bound<T: Ord>(vec: &Vec<T>, x: T) -> usize {
    let (mut left, mut right): (i64, i64) = (-1, vec.len() as i64);

    while (right - left) > 1 {
        let mid = (right + left) / 2;

        if x < vec[mid as usize] {
            right = mid;
        } else {
            left = mid;
        }
    }

    return right as usize;
}

struct UnionFind {
    par: Vec<usize>,
    rank: Vec<usize>,
}

impl UnionFind {
    //    let n: usize = read(); //頂点
    //    let m: usize = read();
    //    let mut uf: UnionFind = UnionFind::new(n);
    //    for i in 0..m {
    //        let p: u32 = read();
    //        if p == 0 {
    //            uf.unite(read(), read());
    //        } else {
    //            if uf.same(read(), read()) {
    //                println!("Yes");
    //            } else {
    //                println!("No");
    //            }
    //        }
    //    }
    fn new(n: usize) -> UnionFind {
        let mut vec = vec![0;n];
        for i in 0..n {
            vec[i] = i;
        }
        UnionFind {
            par : vec,
            rank : vec![0;n],
        }
    }

    fn find(&mut self, x: usize) -> usize {
        if x == self.par[x] {
            x
        }else{
            let par = self.par[x];
            let res = self.find(par);
            self.par[x] = res;
            res
        }
    }

    fn same(&mut self, a: usize, b: usize) -> bool {
        self.find(a) == self.find(b)
    }

    fn unite(&mut self, a: usize, b: usize){
        let apar = self.find(a);
        let bpar = self.find(b);
        if self.rank[apar] > self.rank[bpar] {
            self.par[bpar] = apar;
        }else{
            self.par[apar] = bpar;
            if self.rank[apar] == self.rank[bpar] {
                self.rank[bpar] += 1;
            }
        }
    }
}


Measured memory_bytes: 4476