#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
#define MOD 1999999973
using namespace std;
ifstream fin("lgput.in");
ofstream fout("lgput.out");
int main()
{
    long long n,p,r=1;
    fin>>n;
    fin>>p;
    while(p)
    {
        if(p%2)
        {
            r=(1LL*r*n)%MOD;
        }
        n=(1LL*n*n)%MOD;
        p/=2;
    }
    fout<<r;
    return 0;
}