#include <cstdio>

#define MOD 1999999973

long long pp(long long n, long long p)
{
	long long c;

	if(p == 0)
		return 1;

	if (p % 2)
	{
		c = pp(n, p/2);
		c %= MOD;
		c *= c;
		c %= MOD;
		c *= n;
		c %= MOD;
		return c;	
	}
	else
	{
		c = pp(n, p/2);
		c %= MOD;
		c *= c;
		c %= MOD;
		return c;
	}
}

int main()
{
	freopen("lgput.in", "r", stdin);
	freopen("lgput.out", "w", stdout);

	long long n, p;

	scanf("%lld%lld", &n, &p);
	printf("%lld\n", pp(n, p) % MOD);

	return 0;
}