#define MOD 1999999973
#include <cstdio>

using namespace std;

int main()
{
    freopen("lgput.in","r",stdin);
    freopen("lgput.out","w",stdout);
    long long int x,n,p;
    scanf("%lld %lld",&n,&p);
    while(p!=0)
    {
        if(p%2!=0)
        {
            x=(x*n)%MOD;
            p--;
        }
        else
        {
            p=p/2;
            n=(n*n)%MOD;
        }
    }
    printf("%lld",n);
    return 0;

}