#include <bits/stdc++.h>
#define int long long
#define mod 1999999973

using namespace std;

ifstream f("lgput.in");
ofstream g("lgput.out");

int pw(int n, int p)
{
    if(p==0) return 1;
    if(p==1) return n;
    if(p%2==0) return pw((n*n)%mod,p/2);
    return (pw((n*n)%mod,(p-1)/2)*n)%mod;
}

int32_t main()
{
    int n,p;
    f>>n>>p;
    g<<pw(n,p);

    return 0;
}