#include <cstdio>
#define MOD 1999999973

using namespace std;

long long ridicare(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*n)%MOD;

    }
    return rez%MOD;
}

long long n, p;

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

    scanf("%lld %lld", &n, &p);
    printf("%lld", ridicare(n, p));

    return 0;
}