#include <bits/stdc++.h>
#define show(x) std::cerr << #x << " = " << (x) << std::endl
template <typename T, std::size_t N>
std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os, const std::array<T, N>& v)
{
    os << "[";
    for (const auto& e : v) { os << e << ","; }
    return (os << "]" << std::endl);
}
template <typename T, typename A>
std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os, const std::deque<T, A>& v)
{
    os << "[";
    for (const auto& e : v) { os << e << ","; }
    return (os << "]" << std::endl);
}
template <typename K, typename T, typename C, typename A>
std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os, const std::multimap<K, T, C, A>& v)
{
    os << "[";
    for (const auto& e : v) { os << "<" << e.first << ": " << e.second << ">,"; }
    return (os << "]" << std::endl);
}
template <typename T, typename C, typename A>
std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os, const std::multiset<T, C, A>& v)
{
    os << "[";
    for (const auto& e : v) { os << e << ","; }
    return (os << "]" << std::endl);
}
template <typename K, typename T, typename C, typename A>
std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os, const std::map<K, T, C, A>& v)
{
    os << "[";
    for (const auto& e : v) { os << "<" << e.first << ": " << e.second << ">,"; }
    return (os << "]" << std::endl);
}
template <typename T1, typename T2>
std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os, const std::pair<T1, T2>& v) { return (os << "<" << v.first << "," << v.second << ">"); }
template <typename T, typename C, typename A>
std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os, const std::set<T, C, A>& v)
{
    os << "[";
    for (const auto& e : v) { os << e << ","; }
    return (os << "]" << std::endl);
}
template <typename K, typename T, typename H, typename P, typename A>
std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os, const std::unordered_multimap<K, T, H, P, A>& v)
{
    os << "[";
    for (const auto& e : v) { os << "<" << e.first << ": " << e.second << ">,"; }
    return (os << "]" << std::endl);
}
template <typename T, typename H, typename P, typename A>
std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os, const std::unordered_multiset<T, H, P, A>& v)
{
    os << "[";
    for (const auto& e : v) { os << e << ","; }
    return (os << "]" << std::endl);
}
template <typename K, typename T, typename H, typename P, typename A>
std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os, const std::unordered_map<K, T, H, P, A>& v)
{
    os << "[";
    for (const auto& e : v) { os << "<" << e.first << ": " << e.second << ">,"; }
    return (os << "]" << std::endl);
}
template <typename T, typename H, typename P, typename A>
std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os, const std::unordered_set<T, H, P, A>& v)
{
    os << "[";
    for (const auto& e : v) { os << e << ","; }
    return (os << "]" << std::endl);
}
template <typename T, typename A>
std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os, const std::vector<T, A>& v)
{
    os << "[";
    for (const auto& e : v) { os << e << ","; }
    return (os << "]" << std::endl);
}
using ll = long long;
using ld = long double;
template <typename F>
constexpr F PI() { return 3.1415926535897932385; }
std::mt19937 mt{std::random_device{}()};
int main()
{
    ll K, A, B;
    std::cin >> K >> A >> B;
    if (K <= A) { return std::cout << K + 1 << std::endl, 0; }
    K -= (A - 1);
    ll ans = A + (K / 2) * std::max(2LL, B - A);
    K %= 2;
    if (K == 1) { ans += 1; }
    std::cout << ans << std::endl;
    return 0;
}

Measured memory_bytes: 256