#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <math.h>

#define LN 1999999973

long long N;
int P;

int solve(long long n, int p)
{
	long long rez = 1;
	while (p)
	{
		if (p & 1)
			rez = (rez * n) % LN;
		n = (n * n) % LN;
		
		p >>= 1;
	}

	return rez;
}

int main()
{
    freopen("lgput.in", "r", stdin);
    freopen("lgput.out", "w", stdout);
   
	scanf("%d %d", &N, &P);
	
	printf("%d", solve(N, P));

}