#include <stdio.h>
#define MOD 1999999973

long long n, p;

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

    scanf("%d%d", &n, &p);
    long long r = 1;

    while (p > 1){
        if (p % 2 == 0){
            n = ((n*n)) % MOD;
            p /= 2;
        } else {
            r = (r*n) % MOD;
            p--;
        }
    }

    printf("%d\n", (n * r)%MOD);
    return 0;
}