#include <cstdio>
#define MOD 1999999973
using namespace std;

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

    long long n,p,r=1;
    scanf("%lld %lld",&n,&p);
    while(p!=0)
    {
        if(p%2==1)
        {
            r=(r*n)%MOD;
            p--;
        }
        else
        {
            p/=2;
            n=(n*n)%MOD;
        }

    }
    printf("%lld",r);
    return 0;
}