#include <stdio.h>
#define mod 1999999973


int putere(long int x, long int n)
{
    if(n == 0)
        return 1;
    if(n % 2 == 1)
        return (x * putere(x, (n-1)/2) * putere(x, (n-1)/2))% mod;
    return (putere(x, n/2) * putere(x, n/2))% mod;
}

int main()
{
  /*  freopen("lgput.in", "r", stdin);
    freopen("lgput.out", "w", stdout);

   */ int n, p;

    scanf("%d %d", &n, &p);

    printf("%d", putere(n, p)% mod);

    return 0;
}