#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
#define mod 1999999973

using namespace std;

ifstream fin("lgput.in");
ofstream fout("lgput.out");


int Calc(int n, int p)
{
    if(p==0)
        return 1;
    if(p==1)
        return n%mod;
    if(p%2==1)
        return ((n%mod)*(Calc(n-1, p)%mod))%mod;
    if(p%2==0)
    {
        int v;
        v=Calc(n, p/2)%mod;
        return (v*v)%mod;
    }
}

int main()
{
    int n, p;
    fin>>n>>p;
    fout<<Calc(n, p);
    fin.close();
    fout.close();
    return 0;
}