#include <cstdio>
#define f stdin
#define g stdout
#define mod 1999999973
using namespace std;

int main()
{
    long long sol=1,a,n,p;
    freopen("lgput.in","r",f);
    freopen("lgput.out","w",g);
    scanf("%lld %lld",&n,&p);
    a=n;
    while(p)
    {
        if(p%2==1)
        {
            sol=(sol*a)%mod;
        }
        a=(a*a)%mod;
        p/=2;
    }
    printf("%lld",sol);
    return 0;
}