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


int main()
{
    long long n, p, rez=1;
    cin>>n>>p;
    while(p)
    {
        if(p%2)
            rez=(rez*n)%MOD;
        n=((n*n)%MOD);
        p/=2;
    }
    cout<<rez;
    return 0;
}