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

#define mod 1999999973
long long x,n,p=1;

int main()
{
    freopen("lgput.in","r",stdin);
    freopen("lgput.out","w",stdout);
    scanf("%lld %lld",&x,&n);

    while(n)
    {
        if(n%2)
        {
            n--;
            p=(p*x)%mod;
        }
        n=n/2;
        x=(x*x)%mod;

    }
    printf("%lld\n",p);

    return 0;


}