#include <bits/stdc++.h>
#pragma GCC optimize("O2")
using namespace std;
#define MOD 1999999973

int main() {
    ifstream cin("lgput.in");
    ofstream cout("lgput.out");
    int n, p;
    cin >> n >> p;
    int k = 1;
    while (p) {
        if (p%2 == 1) {
            k = (k*n)%MOD;
        }
        n=n*n;
        p/=2;
    }
    k%=MOD;
    cout << k;
}