#include <fstream>
#define CONSTANT 1999999973

using namespace std;

FILE* f=freopen("lgput.in","r",stdin);
FILE* o=freopen("lgput.out","w",stdout);

long long n,m;

long long Power(long long a, long long x)
{
    if(x==0) return 1;
    long long aux=Power(a,x/2)%CONSTANT;
    if(x%2)
    {
        return (aux*aux*a)%CONSTANT;
    }
    else
    {
        return (aux*aux)%CONSTANT;
    }
}

int main()
{
    scanf("%lld%lld",&n,&m);

    printf("%lld",Power(n,m));

    return 0;
}