import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.io.FileReader;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.io.PrintWriter;
import java.util.StringTokenizer;

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

        int N = sc.nextInt();
        int A = sc.nextInt();
        int B = sc.nextInt();
        int ans = Math.min(B,  A*N);



        out.println(ans);
        out.flush();
    }

    public static class FastScanner {
        BufferedReader br;
        StringTokenizer st;

        public FastScanner(String s) {
            try {
                br = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(s));
            } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
            }
        }

        public FastScanner() {
            br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
        }

        String nextToken() {
            while (st == null || !st.hasMoreElements()) {
                try {
                    st = new StringTokenizer(br.readLine());
                } catch (IOException e) {
                    e.printStackTrace();
                }
            }
            return st.nextToken();
        }

        int nextInt() {
            return Integer.parseInt(nextToken());
        }

        long nextLong() {
            return Long.parseLong(nextToken());
        }

        double nextDouble() {
            return Double.parseDouble(nextToken());
        }

        int[] nextIntArray(int N) {
            int a[] = new int[N];
            for (int i=0;i<N;i++) {
                a[i] = this.nextInt();
            }

            return a;
        }

        long[] nextLongArray(int N) {
            long a[] = new long[N];
            for (int i=0;i<N;i++) {
                a[i] = this.nextLong();
            }

            return a;
        }

        double[] nextDoubleArray(int N) {
            double a[] = new double[N];
            for (int i=0;i<N;i++) {
                a[i] = this.nextDouble();
            }

            return a;
        }

        String[] nextTokenArray(int N) {
            String a[] = new String[N];
            for (int i=0;i<N;i++) {
                a[i] = this.nextToken();
            }

            return a;
        }
    }
} import java.io.BufferedReader; BufferedReader java.io import java.io.FileNotFoundException; FileNotFoundException java.io import java.io.FileReader; FileReader java.io import java.io.IOException; IOException java.io import java.io.InputStreamReader; InputStreamReader java.io import java.io.PrintWriter; PrintWriter java.io import java.util.StringTokenizer; StringTokenizer java.util public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] args){
        PrintWriter out = new PrintWriter(System.out);
        FastScanner sc = new FastScanner();

        int N = sc.nextInt();
        int A = sc.nextInt();
        int B = sc.nextInt();
        int ans = Math.min(B,  A*N);



        out.println(ans);
        out.flush();
    }

    public static class FastScanner {
        BufferedReader br;
        StringTokenizer st;

        public FastScanner(String s) {
            try {
                br = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(s));
            } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
            }
        }

        public FastScanner() {
            br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
        }

        String nextToken() {
            while (st == null || !st.hasMoreElements()) {
                try {
                    st = new StringTokenizer(br.readLine());
                } catch (IOException e) {
                    e.printStackTrace();
                }
            }
            return st.nextToken();
        }

        int nextInt() {
            return Integer.parseInt(nextToken());
        }

        long nextLong() {
            return Long.parseLong(nextToken());
        }

        double nextDouble() {
            return Double.parseDouble(nextToken());
        }

        int[] nextIntArray(int N) {
            int a[] = new int[N];
            for (int i=0;i<N;i++) {
                a[i] = this.nextInt();
            }

            return a;
        }

        long[] nextLongArray(int N) {
            long a[] = new long[N];
            for (int i=0;i<N;i++) {
                a[i] = this.nextLong();
            }

            return a;
        }

        double[] nextDoubleArray(int N) {
            double a[] = new double[N];
            for (int i=0;i<N;i++) {
                a[i] = this.nextDouble();
            }

            return a;
        }

        String[] nextTokenArray(int N) {
            String a[] = new String[N];
            for (int i=0;i<N;i++) {
                a[i] = this.nextToken();
            }

            return a;
        }
    }
} Main public static void main(String[] args){
        PrintWriter out = new PrintWriter(System.out);
        FastScanner sc = new FastScanner();

        int N = sc.nextInt();
        int A = sc.nextInt();
        int B = sc.nextInt();
        int ans = Math.min(B,  A*N);



        out.println(ans);
        out.flush();
    } main {
        PrintWriter out = new PrintWriter(System.out);
        FastScanner sc = new FastScanner();

        int N = sc.nextInt();
        int A = sc.nextInt();
        int B = sc.nextInt();
        int ans = Math.min(B,  A*N);



        out.println(ans);
        out.flush();
    } PrintWriter out = new PrintWriter(System.out); out new PrintWriter(System.out) FastScanner sc = new FastScanner(); sc new FastScanner() int N = sc.nextInt(); N sc.nextInt() sc.nextInt sc int A = sc.nextInt(); A sc.nextInt() sc.nextInt sc int B = sc.nextInt(); B sc.nextInt() sc.nextInt sc int ans = Math.min(B,  A*N); ans Math.min(B,  A*N) Math.min Math B A*N A N out.println(ans) out.println out ans out.flush() out.flush out String[] args args public static class FastScanner {
        BufferedReader br;
        StringTokenizer st;

        public FastScanner(String s) {
            try {
                br = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(s));
            } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
            }
        }

        public FastScanner() {
            br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
        }

        String nextToken() {
            while (st == null || !st.hasMoreElements()) {
                try {
                    st = new StringTokenizer(br.readLine());
                } catch (IOException e) {
                    e.printStackTrace();
                }
            }
            return st.nextToken();
        }

        int nextInt() {
            return Integer.parseInt(nextToken());
        }

        long nextLong() {
            return Long.parseLong(nextToken());
        }

        double nextDouble() {
            return Double.parseDouble(nextToken());
        }

        int[] nextIntArray(int N) {
            int a[] = new int[N];
            for (int i=0;i<N;i++) {
                a[i] = this.nextInt();
            }

            return a;
        }

        long[] nextLongArray(int N) {
            long a[] = new long[N];
            for (int i=0;i<N;i++) {
                a[i] = this.nextLong();
            }

            return a;
        }

        double[] nextDoubleArray(int N) {
            double a[] = new double[N];
            for (int i=0;i<N;i++) {
                a[i] = this.nextDouble();
            }

            return a;
        }

        String[] nextTokenArray(int N) {
            String a[] = new String[N];
            for (int i=0;i<N;i++) {
                a[i] = this.nextToken();
            }

            return a;
        }
    } FastScanner BufferedReader br; br StringTokenizer st; st public FastScanner(String s) {
            try {
                br = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(s));
            } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
            }
        } FastScanner {
            try {
                br = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(s));
            } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
            }
        } try {
                br = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(s));
            } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
            } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
            } FileNotFoundException e {
                e.printStackTrace();
            } e.printStackTrace() e.printStackTrace e {
                br = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(s));
            } br = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(s)) br new BufferedReader(new FileReader(s)) String s s public FastScanner() {
            br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
        } FastScanner {
            br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
        } br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in)) br new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in)) String nextToken() {
            while (st == null || !st.hasMoreElements()) {
                try {
                    st = new StringTokenizer(br.readLine());
                } catch (IOException e) {
                    e.printStackTrace();
                }
            }
            return st.nextToken();
        } nextToken {
            while (st == null || !st.hasMoreElements()) {
                try {
                    st = new StringTokenizer(br.readLine());
                } catch (IOException e) {
                    e.printStackTrace();
                }
            }
            return st.nextToken();
        } while (st == null || !st.hasMoreElements()) {
                try {
                    st = new StringTokenizer(br.readLine());
                } catch (IOException e) {
                    e.printStackTrace();
                }
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                try {
                    st = new StringTokenizer(br.readLine());
                } catch (IOException e) {
                    e.printStackTrace();
                }
            } try {
                    st = new StringTokenizer(br.readLine());
                } catch (IOException e) {
                    e.printStackTrace();
                } catch (IOException e) {
                    e.printStackTrace();
                } IOException e {
                    e.printStackTrace();
                } e.printStackTrace() e.printStackTrace e {
                    st = new StringTokenizer(br.readLine());
                } st = new StringTokenizer(br.readLine()) st new StringTokenizer(br.readLine()) return st.nextToken(); st.nextToken() st.nextToken st int nextInt() {
            return Integer.parseInt(nextToken());
        } nextInt {
            return Integer.parseInt(nextToken());
        } return Integer.parseInt(nextToken()); Integer.parseInt(nextToken()) Integer.parseInt Integer nextToken() nextToken long nextLong() {
            return Long.parseLong(nextToken());
        } nextLong {
            return Long.parseLong(nextToken());
        } return Long.parseLong(nextToken()); Long.parseLong(nextToken()) Long.parseLong Long nextToken() nextToken double nextDouble() {
            return Double.parseDouble(nextToken());
        } nextDouble {
            return Double.parseDouble(nextToken());
        } return Double.parseDouble(nextToken()); Double.parseDouble(nextToken()) Double.parseDouble Double nextToken() nextToken int[] nextIntArray(int N) {
            int a[] = new int[N];
            for (int i=0;i<N;i++) {
                a[i] = this.nextInt();
            }

            return a;
        } nextIntArray {
            int a[] = new int[N];
            for (int i=0;i<N;i++) {
                a[i] = this.nextInt();
            }

            return a;
        } int a[] = new int[N]; a new int[N] N for (int i=0;i<N;i++) {
                a[i] = this.nextInt();
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            long a[] = new long[N];
            for (int i=0;i<N;i++) {
                a[i] = this.nextLong();
            }

            return a;
        } nextLongArray {
            long a[] = new long[N];
            for (int i=0;i<N;i++) {
                a[i] = this.nextLong();
            }

            return a;
        } long a[] = new long[N]; a new long[N] N for (int i=0;i<N;i++) {
                a[i] = this.nextLong();
            } int i=0; int i=0; i 0 i<N i N i++ i++ i {
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            } {
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            double a[] = new double[N];
            for (int i=0;i<N;i++) {
                a[i] = this.nextDouble();
            }

            return a;
        } nextDoubleArray {
            double a[] = new double[N];
            for (int i=0;i<N;i++) {
                a[i] = this.nextDouble();
            }

            return a;
        } double a[] = new double[N]; a new double[N] N for (int i=0;i<N;i++) {
                a[i] = this.nextDouble();
            } int i=0; int i=0; i 0 i<N i N i++ i++ i {
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            } {
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            String a[] = new String[N];
            for (int i=0;i<N;i++) {
                a[i] = this.nextToken();
            }

            return a;
        } nextTokenArray {
            String a[] = new String[N];
            for (int i=0;i<N;i++) {
                a[i] = this.nextToken();
            }

            return a;
        } String a[] = new String[N]; a new String[N] N for (int i=0;i<N;i++) {
                a[i] = this.nextToken();
            } int i=0; int i=0; i 0 i<N i N i++ i++ i {
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            } {
                a[i] = this.nextToken();
            } a[i] = this.nextToken() a[i] a i this.nextToken() this.nextToken this return a; a int N N public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] args){
        PrintWriter out = new PrintWriter(System.out);
        FastScanner sc = new FastScanner();

        int N = sc.nextInt();
        int A = sc.nextInt();
        int B = sc.nextInt();
        int ans = Math.min(B,  A*N);



        out.println(ans);
        out.flush();
    }

    public static class FastScanner {
        BufferedReader br;
        StringTokenizer st;

        public FastScanner(String s) {
            try {
                br = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(s));
            } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
            }
        }

        public FastScanner() {
            br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
        }

        String nextToken() {
            while (st == null || !st.hasMoreElements()) {
                try {
                    st = new StringTokenizer(br.readLine());
                } catch (IOException e) {
                    e.printStackTrace();
                }
            }
            return st.nextToken();
        }

        int nextInt() {
            return Integer.parseInt(nextToken());
        }

        long nextLong() {
            return Long.parseLong(nextToken());
        }

        double nextDouble() {
            return Double.parseDouble(nextToken());
        }

        int[] nextIntArray(int N) {
            int a[] = new int[N];
            for (int i=0;i<N;i++) {
                a[i] = this.nextInt();
            }

            return a;
        }

        long[] nextLongArray(int N) {
            long a[] = new long[N];
            for (int i=0;i<N;i++) {
                a[i] = this.nextLong();
            }

            return a;
        }

        double[] nextDoubleArray(int N) {
            double a[] = new double[N];
            for (int i=0;i<N;i++) {
                a[i] = this.nextDouble();
            }

            return a;
        }

        String[] nextTokenArray(int N) {
            String a[] = new String[N];
            for (int i=0;i<N;i++) {
                a[i] = this.nextToken();
            }

            return a;
        }
    }
} public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] args){
        PrintWriter out = new PrintWriter(System.out);
        FastScanner sc = new FastScanner();

        int N = sc.nextInt();
        int A = sc.nextInt();
        int B = sc.nextInt();
        int ans = Math.min(B,  A*N);



        out.println(ans);
        out.flush();
    }

    public static class FastScanner {
        BufferedReader br;
        StringTokenizer st;

        public FastScanner(String s) {
            try {
                br = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(s));
            } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
            }
        }

        public FastScanner() {
            br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
        }

        String nextToken() {
            while (st == null || !st.hasMoreElements()) {
                try {
                    st = new StringTokenizer(br.readLine());
                } catch (IOException e) {
                    e.printStackTrace();
                }
            }
            return st.nextToken();
        }

        int nextInt() {
            return Integer.parseInt(nextToken());
        }

        long nextLong() {
            return Long.parseLong(nextToken());
        }

        double nextDouble() {
            return Double.parseDouble(nextToken());
        }

        int[] nextIntArray(int N) {
            int a[] = new int[N];
            for (int i=0;i<N;i++) {
                a[i] = this.nextInt();
            }

            return a;
        }

        long[] nextLongArray(int N) {
            long a[] = new long[N];
            for (int i=0;i<N;i++) {
                a[i] = this.nextLong();
            }

            return a;
        }

        double[] nextDoubleArray(int N) {
            double a[] = new double[N];
            for (int i=0;i<N;i++) {
                a[i] = this.nextDouble();
            }

            return a;
        }

        String[] nextTokenArray(int N) {
            String a[] = new String[N];
            for (int i=0;i<N;i++) {
                a[i] = this.nextToken();
            }

            return a;
        }
    }
} Main
import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.io.FileReader;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.io.PrintWriter;
import java.util.StringTokenizer;

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

        int N = sc.nextInt();
        int A = sc.nextInt();
        int B = sc.nextInt();
        int ans = Math.min(B,  A*N);



        out.println(ans);
        out.flush();
    }

    public static class FastScanner {
        BufferedReader br;
        StringTokenizer st;

        public FastScanner(String s) {
            try {
                br = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(s));
            } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
            }
        }

        public FastScanner() {
            br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
        }

        String nextToken() {
            while (st == null || !st.hasMoreElements()) {
                try {
                    st = new StringTokenizer(br.readLine());
                } catch (IOException e) {
                    e.printStackTrace();
                }
            }
            return st.nextToken();
        }

        int nextInt() {
            return Integer.parseInt(nextToken());
        }

        long nextLong() {
            return Long.parseLong(nextToken());
        }

        double nextDouble() {
            return Double.parseDouble(nextToken());
        }

        int[] nextIntArray(int N) {
            int a[] = new int[N];
            for (int i=0;i<N;i++) {
                a[i] = this.nextInt();
            }

            return a;
        }

        long[] nextLongArray(int N) {
            long a[] = new long[N];
            for (int i=0;i<N;i++) {
                a[i] = this.nextLong();
            }

            return a;
        }

        double[] nextDoubleArray(int N) {
            double a[] = new double[N];
            for (int i=0;i<N;i++) {
                a[i] = this.nextDouble();
            }

            return a;
        }

        String[] nextTokenArray(int N) {
            String a[] = new String[N];
            for (int i=0;i<N;i++) {
                a[i] = this.nextToken();
            }

            return a;
        }
    }
}