#include<bits/stdc++.h>
#define MOD 1999999973
using namespace std;
int n,p,n1,nr;
int main()
{
    freopen("lgput.in","r",stdin);
    freopen("lgput.out","w",stdout);
    scanf("%d%d",&n,&p);
    n1=1;
    nr=p;
    while (nr)
    {
        if(!(nr%2))
        {
            n=((n%MOD)*(n%MOD))%MOD;
            nr/=2;
        }
            else
            {
                n1=((n%MOD)*(n1%MOD))%MOD;
                nr--;
            }

    }
    n1=n1%MOD;
    printf("%d\n",n1);
    return 0;
}