#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
#define mod 1999999973
using namespace std;

ifstream in("lgput.in");
ofstream out("lgput.out");

long long n,p,sol,aux;

int main()
{
    in>>n>>p;
    sol=1;
    aux=n%mod;
    while(p)
    {
        if(p%2)
            sol*=aux;
        aux*=aux;
        aux%=mod;
        sol%=mod;
        p=p/2;
    }
    out<<sol;
    return 0;
}