#include <bits/stdc++.h>
#define MOD 1999999973

using namespace std;

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

int main() {
    long long n, p, put = 1;
    fin >> n >> p;
    while (p) {
        if (p % 2)
            put = put * n % MOD;
        p /= 2;
        n %= MOD;
        n = n * n % MOD;
    }

    fout << put;
    return 0;
}