#include <iostream>
#include <cstdio>
#define MOD 1999999973
#define ll long long
using namespace std;
ll n,p,rez;
void lgput(int n,int p)
{
    rez=1;
    while(p)
    {
        if(p%2)
        {
            rez=(rez*n)%MOD;
            p--;
        }
        n=(n*n)%MOD;
        p/=2;
    }
    printf("%d",rez);

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