#include <bits/stdc++.h> 
//#include <boost/multiprecision/cpp_int.hpp> 
//using namespace boost::multiprecision;
using namespace std;
#define ll long long 
#define mp make_pair
#define pb push_back
#define se second
#define fi first 
#define upp 1e18
#define mod 1000000007

vector<ll> v[500007];
bool vis[500007];
ll kar=0;
void dfs(ll node) {
    kar++;
    vis[node]=1;
    for(ll i=0;i<v[node].size();i++) {
        if(!vis[v[node][i]]) {
            dfs(v[node][i]);
        }
    }
}
void solve() {
    ll i, j, k, l, t, n, x, y, r,q,m,n1;
    cin>>n>>m;
    while(m--) {
        cin>>x>>y;
        v[x].pb(y);
        v[y].pb(x);    
    }
    ll c=0;
    ll val=-1;
    for(i=1;i<=n;i++) {
        if(vis[i]==0) {
            kar=0;
            dfs(i);
            val=max(kar,val);
        }
    }
    cout<<val;
}




















int main() {
    #ifndef ONLINE_JUDGE
        freopen("input1.txt", "r", stdin);
        freopen("output1.txt", "w", stdout);
    #endif
    ios_base::sync_with_stdio(false);
    cin.tie(0);
    cout.tie(0);
    solve();
}
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