#include<stdio.h>

#define MOD 1999999973

int main()
{
    freopen("lgput.in","r",stdin);
    freopen("lgput.out","w",stdout);
    int n,p,i,sol=1,a;
    scanf("%d%d",&n,&p);
    a=n;
    for(;p;p>>=1)
    {
        if(p&1)
            sol=((long long)sol*a)%MOD;
        a=((long long)a*a)%MOD;
    }
    printf("%d\n",sol);

    return 0;
}