#include <fstream>
#define M 1999999973

using namespace std;

inline long long Putere(long long n, long long p)
{
    if (p == 0) return 1;
    if (p == 1) return n;
    if (p % 2 == 0) return Putere(n * n, p / 2) % M;
    return n * Putere(n * n, (p - 1) / 2) % M;
}

int main()
{
    long long n, p;
    ifstream fin("lgput.in");
    fin >> n >> p;
    fin.close();
    ofstream fout("lgput.out");
    fout << Putere(n, p);
    fout.close();
    return 0;
}