// Utilities
import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;
public class Main {
  static int a, b;

  public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
    INPUT in = new INPUT(System.in);
    a = in.iscan(); b = in.iscan();
    if (a < b){
      for (int i = 0; i < b; i++) System.out.print(a);
    }
    else {
      for (int i = 0; i < a; i++) System.out.print(b);
    }
  }

  private static class INPUT {
 
		private InputStream stream;
		private byte[] buf = new byte[1024];
		private int curChar, numChars;
 
		public INPUT (InputStream stream) {
			this.stream = stream;
		}
 
		public INPUT (String file) throws IOException {
			this.stream = new FileInputStream (file);
		}
 
		public int cscan () throws IOException {
			if (curChar >= numChars) {
				curChar = 0;
				numChars = stream.read (buf);
			}
			
			if (numChars == -1)
				return numChars;
 
			return buf[curChar++];
		}
 
		public int iscan () throws IOException {
			int c = cscan (), sgn = 1;
			
			while (space (c))
				c = cscan ();
 
			if (c == '-') {
				sgn = -1;
				c = cscan ();
			}
 
			int res = 0;
 
			do {
				res = (res << 1) + (res << 3);
				res += c - '0';
				c = cscan ();
			}
			while (!space (c));
 
			return res * sgn;
		}
 
		public String sscan () throws IOException {
			int c = cscan ();
			
			while (space (c))
				c = cscan ();
 
			StringBuilder res = new StringBuilder ();
 
			do {
				res.appendCodePoint (c);
				c = cscan ();
			}
			while (!space (c));
 
			return res.toString ();
		}
 
		public double dscan () throws IOException {
			int c = cscan (), sgn = 1;
			
			while (space (c))
				c = cscan ();
 
			if (c == '-') {
				sgn = -1;
				c = cscan ();
			}
 
			double res = 0;
 
			while (!space (c) && c != '.') {
				if (c == 'e' || c == 'E')
					return res * UTILITIES.fast_pow (10, iscan ());
				
				res *= 10;
				res += c - '0';
				c = cscan ();
			}
 
			if (c == '.') {
				c = cscan ();
				double m = 1;
 
				while (!space (c)) {
					if (c == 'e' || c == 'E')
						return res * UTILITIES.fast_pow (10, iscan ());
 
					m /= 10;
					res += (c - '0') * m;
					c = cscan ();
				}
			}
 
			return res * sgn;
		}
 
		public long lscan () throws IOException {
			int c = cscan (), sgn = 1;
			
			while (space (c))
				c = cscan ();
 
			if (c == '-') {
				sgn = -1;
				c = cscan ();
			}
 
			long res = 0;
 
			do {
				res = (res << 1) + (res << 3);
				res += c - '0';
				c = cscan ();
			}
			while (!space (c));
 
			return res * sgn;
		}
 
		public boolean space (int c) {
			return c == ' ' || c == '\n' || c == '\r' || c == '\t' || c == -1;
		}
	}
 
	public static class UTILITIES {
 
		static final double EPS = 10e-6;
 
		public static int lower_bound (int[] arr, int x) {
			int low = 0, high = arr.length, mid = -1;
 
			while (low < high) {
				mid = (low + high) / 2;
 
				if (arr[mid] >= x)
					high = mid;
				else
					low = mid + 1;
			}
 
			return low;
		}
 
		public static int upper_bound (int[] arr, int x) {
			int low = 0, high = arr.length, mid = -1;
 
			while (low < high) {
				mid = (low + high) / 2;
 
				if (arr[mid] > x)
					high = mid;
				else
					low = mid + 1;
			}
 
			return low;
		}
 
		public static int gcd (int a, int b) {
			return b == 0 ? a : gcd (b, a % b);
		}
 
		public static int lcm (int a, int b) {
			return a * b / gcd (a, b);
		}
 
		public static long fast_pow_mod (long b, long x, long mod) {
			if (x == 0) return 1;
			if (x == 1) return b;
			if (x % 2 == 0) return fast_pow_mod (b * b % mod, x / 2, mod) % mod;
 
			return b * fast_pow_mod (b * b % mod, x / 2, mod) % mod;
		}
 
		public static long fast_pow (long b, long x) {
			if (x == 0) return 1;
			if (x == 1) return b;
			if (x % 2 == 0) return fast_pow (b * b, x / 2);
 
			return b * fast_pow (b * b, x / 2);
		}
 
		public static long choose (long n, long k) {
			k = Math.min (k, n - k);
			long val = 1;
 
			for (int i = 0; i < k; ++i)
				val = val * (n - i) / (i + 1);
 
			return val;
		}
 
		public static long permute (int n, int k) {
			if (n < k) return 0;
			long val = 1;
 
			for (int i = 0; i < k; ++i)
				val = (val * (n - i));
 
			return val;
		}
	}
}

Measured memory_bytes: 20948