#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
#include <vector>
#define m 1999999973
using namespace std;
ifstream fin("lgput.in");
ofstream fout("lgput.out");
long long int p,n,a;
int main()
{
    int i;
    fin>>n>>p;
    long long int sol=1;
    a=n;
    for( i=0;(1<<i)<=p;i++)
    {
        if(((1<<i)&p)>0)
            sol=(sol*a)%m;
        a=(a*a)%m;
    }
    fout<<sol<<"\n";

}