#pragma GCC optimize("Ofast")
#include <iostream>
#include <vector>
#include <algorithm>
#include <map>
#include <queue>
#include <cstdio>
#include <ctime>
#include <assert.h>
#include <chrono>
#include <random>
#include <numeric>
#include <set>
#include <deque>
#include <stack>
#include <sstream>
#include <utility>
#include <cstring>
#include <unordered_map>
#include <unordered_set>
#include <tuple>
#include <array>
#include <bitset>
using namespace std;
typedef long long int ll;
typedef unsigned long long ull;

mt19937_64 rng(chrono::steady_clock::now().time_since_epoch().count());
ll myRand(ll B) {
    return (ull)rng() % B;
}
inline double time() {
    return static_cast<long double>(chrono::duration_cast<chrono::nanoseconds>(chrono::steady_clock::now().time_since_epoch()).count()) * 1e-9;
}

int main(){
    cin.tie(nullptr);
    ios::sync_with_stdio(false);
    ll n,a,b; cin >> n >> a >> b;
    ll res = a*(n-1)-b*n;
    if(n%2 == 0){
        res = min(res, -a*(n-1));
    }
    else{
        res = min(res, -a*(n-1)-b);
        if(n > 3)res = min(res, -a*2+a*(n-3)-b*3);
    }
    cout << res << endl;
}