#include <bits/stdc++.h>

#define MOD 1999999973

using namespace std;

int n, p, putere;
long long ans=1;

int main()
{
    freopen("lgput.in","r",stdin);
    freopen("lgput.out","w",stdout);
    scanf("%d %d", &n, &p);
    while(p>0)
    {
        if(p&1)
        {
            ans*=n; ans*=1LL;
            ans%=MOD;
        }
        n*=n; n%=MOD;
        p>>=1;
    }
    printf("%lld",ans);
    return 0;
}