#include <bits/stdc++.h>
#define MOD 1999999973

using namespace std;

ifstream fin("lgput.in");
ofstream fout("lgput.out");
int64_t n,p;

int64_t expFast(int64_t b, int64_t x) {
    if(x==0) return 1;
    if(x==1) return b;
    else if(x%2 == 0) {
        b = b*b % MOD;
        x = x/2 % MOD;
        return expFast(b, x) % MOD;
    } else {
        int64_t t = b % MOD;
        b = b*b % MOD;
        x = (x-1)/2 % MOD;
        return t*expFast(b, x) % MOD;
    }
}

int main()
{
    fin>>n>>p;
    fout<<expFast(n, p);
    return 0;
}