#include<stdio.h>
#define MOD 1999999973
long long n, p;
int main()
{
	freopen("lgput.in","r",stdin);
	freopen("lgput.out","w",stdout);
	scanf("%lld%lld",&n,&p);
	long long rez=1;
	n=n%MOD;
	while (p)
	{
		if (p%2)
			rez*=n;
		rez%=MOD;
		n=n*n;
		n%=MOD;
		p/=2;
	}
	printf("%lld\n",rez);
	return 0;
}