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#include<bits/stdc++.h>

#define pi acos(-1)
typedef  long long ll;
typedef  unsigned long long ull;
typedef  unsigned un;
#define  vi  vector<int>
#define  vl  vector<ll>
#define  vd  vector<double>


//defined taking input;
#define sf           scanf
#define si(a)        sf("%d",&a)
#define sc(a)        sf("%c",&a)
#define sii(a,b)     sf("%d %d",&a,&b)
#define siii(a,b,c)  sf("%d %d %d",&a,&b,&c)
#define sl(a)        sf("%lld",&a)
#define sll(a,b)     sf("%lld %lld",&a,&b)
#define slll(a,b,c)  sf("%lld %lld %lld",&a,&b,&c)

#define pf           printf
#define pfi(a)       pf("%d\n",a)
#define pfii(a,b)    pf("%d %d\n",a,b)
#define pfl(a)       pf("%ld\n",a)
#define pfn          pf("\n")
#define pfyes        pf("YES\n")
#define pfno         pf("NO\n")
#define pfYes        pf("Yes\n")
#define pfNo         pf("No\n")
#define wh           while
#define wht(t)       while(t--)
#define endl         "\n"
#define pb           push_back

//defined using loop
#define For(i,a,n)   for(int i=a;i<n;i++)

#define input        freopen("input.txt","r",stdin);
#define output       freopen("output.txt","w",stdout);

using namespace std;

int main()
{
    int a,b;
    sii(a,b);
    cout<<max({(a+b),(a-b),(a*b)})<<endl;;


    return 0;
}


Measured memory_bytes: 3704