#include <cstdio>
#define MOD 1999999973
using namespace std;

long long n,p;

long long put(long long n,long long p)
{
    long long rez=1;
    while(p!=0)
    {
        if(p%2 ==1)
        {
            p--;
            rez=(rez*n)%MOD;
        }
        p/=2;
        n*=n%MOD;
    }
    return rez%MOD;
}

int main()
{
    freopen("lgput.in","r",stdin);
    freopen("lgput.out","w",stdout);

    scanf("%lld %lld",&n,&p);
    printf("%lld",put(n,p));
    return 0;
}