#include <fstream>
#define mod 1999999973

using namespace std;

ifstream fin ("lgput.in");
ofstream fout ("lgput.out");

int ridicareLogaritmica(int n, int p) {
    int r = 1;

    while (p) {
        if (p % 2 == 1)
            r = (1LL * r * n) % mod;
        n = (1LL * n * n) % mod;
        p /= 2;
    }

    return r;
}

int main() {
    int n, p;

    fin >> n >> p;
    fout << ridicareLogaritmica(n, p);

    fin.close();
    fout.close();

    return 0;
}