import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;

public class Main {

    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
        BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
        StringTokenizer st = new StringTokenizer(in.readLine());
        int n = Integer.parseInt(st.nextToken());
        int a = Integer.parseInt(st.nextToken())*n;
        int b = Integer.parseInt(st.nextToken());
        System.out.println(Math.min(a, b));
    }

}
/*

 */
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