#include <stdio.h>
#define mod 1999999973

using namespace std;

long long int lgput(long long int a, long long int x) {
    long long int sol = 1, exp = a;
    while (x) {
        if (x & 1)
            sol = sol * exp % mod;
        exp = exp * exp % mod;
        x >>= 1;
    }
    return sol;
}

int main()
{
    int n, p;
    freopen("lgput.in", "r", stdin);
    freopen("lgput.out", "w", stdout);
    scanf("%d %d", &n, &p);
    printf("%lld", lgput(n, p));
    return 0;
}