#include <bits/stdc++.h>
#define mod 1999999973
using namespace std;

int n,put;

int rid_put(int p)
{
    if (p==1)
        return n%mod;
    if (p%2==0)
    {
        int x=rid_put(p/2);
        return (x*x)%mod;
    }
    int x=rid_put(p/2);
    return (x*x*n)%mod;
}

int main()
{
    freopen("lgput.in","r",stdin);
    freopen("lgput.out","w",stdout);
    scanf("%d%d",&n,&put);
    printf("%d",rid_put(put));
    return 0;
}