#include <cstdio>
using namespace std;
int b;
long long a,sol=1;
#define mod 1999999973
int main()
{
    freopen("lgput.in","r",stdin);
    freopen("lgput.out","w",stdout);
    scanf("%lld %d",&a,&b);
    while (b)
    {
        if (b&1) sol=(sol*a)%mod;
        b>>=1;
        a=(a*a)%mod;
    }
    printf("%lld",sol);
    return 0;
}