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

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