#include <iostream>
#include <stdio.h>
#define MOD 1999999973
using namespace std;
int N,P,sol;

long long Putere(long long n,long long p)
{
    if(p==0)
        return 1;
    if(p==1)
        return n;
    sol=Putere(n,p/2);
    sol=(sol*sol)%MOD;

    if(p%2==1)
        sol=(sol*n)%MOD;
    return sol;
}

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