#include <fstream>

#define MOD 1999999973
#define ull unsigned long long

using namespace std;

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

ull N,P;

ull exp(ull N, ull P) {
    if (P==0) return 1LL;
    else if (P%2==0) return (exp(N*N, P/2))%MOD;
    else          return (N*exp(N*N, (P-1)/2))%MOD;
}

int main()
{
    f >> N >> P;
    g << exp(N,P)%MOD;
    return 0;
}