#include<cstdio>
#define M 1999999973
int main()
{
    long long int n,p,i,sol=1;
    freopen("lgput.in","r",stdin);
    freopen("lgput.out","w",stdout);
    scanf("%lld %lld",&n,&p);
    for(i=0;(1<<i)<=p;i++)
    {
        if((1<<i)&p)
            sol=(sol*n)%M;
        n=(n*n)%M;
    }
    printf("%lld",sol);
    return 0;
}