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

int main()
{

    long long n,p,t=1,f;
    freopen("lgput.in","r",stdin);
    scanf("%lld %lld",&n,&p);
    while(p>1)
    {
        if(p%2==1)
        {
            t=(t*n) % MOD;
            p--;
        }
            n=(n*n) % MOD;
            p/=2;
    }

    freopen("lgput.out","w",stdout);

    f=(n*t) % MOD;
    printf("%lld",f);


    return 0;
}