#include <iostream>
#define modulo 1999999973
using namespace std;
long long putere(long long n,long long p)
{
    if(p==0)return 1;
    if(p%2) return n*putere(n,p-1)%modulo;
    else return putere(n*n,p/2)%modulo;
}
int main()
{
    long long n,p;
    cin>>n>>p;
    cout<<putere(n,p);
}