/**
 * @author derrick20
 */
import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;

public class Main {
    public static void main(String args[]) throws Exception {
        FastScanner sc = new FastScanner(System.in);
        PrintWriter out = new PrintWriter(System.out);

        int A = sc.nextInt();
        int B = sc.nextInt();
        out.println(Math.max(A * B, Math.max(A + B, A - B)));
        out.close();
    }

    static class FastScanner {
        BufferedReader br;
        StringTokenizer st;

        FastScanner(InputStream s) {
            br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(s));
        }

        FastScanner(FileReader s) {
            br = new BufferedReader(s);
        }

        String next() throws IOException {
            while (st == null || !st.hasMoreTokens()) st = new StringTokenizer(br.readLine());
            return st.nextToken();
        }

        String nextLine() throws IOException { return br.readLine(); }

        double nextDouble() throws IOException { return Double.parseDouble(next()); }

        int nextInt() throws IOException { return Integer.parseInt(next()); }

        long nextLong() throws IOException { return Long.parseLong(next()); }
    }
}
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