#include <cstdio>
#define mod 1999999973
using namespace std;
long long logPut(long long n,long long p)
{
   long long rez = 1;
    while(p != 1)
    {
        if(p%2 == 0)
        {
            n = n*n % mod;
            p/=2;
        }
        else
        {
            rez = rez * n %mod;
            p--;
        }
    }
    return (rez*n)%mod;
}
int n,p;
int main()
{
    freopen("lgput.in","r",stdin);
    freopen("lgput.out","w",stdout);

    scanf("%d %d",&n,&p);
    printf("%d",logPut(n,p));
    return 0;
}