#include <iostream>
#include <cstdio>
#define mod 1999999973

using namespace std;

int main()
{
    freopen("lgput.in","r",stdin);
    freopen("lgput.out","w",stdout);
    int p,n,rez=1;
    cin>>n>>p;
    while(p!=0)
    {
        if(p%2==0)
        {
            n=(n*n)%mod;
            p=p/2;
        }
        else
        {
            rez=(rez*n)%mod;
            p--;
        }
    }
    cout<<rez;
    return 0;
}