#include <cstdio>
#define MOD 1999999973
using namespace std;
long long a,b,p=1;
int main()
{
    freopen("lgput.in","r",stdin);
    freopen("lgput.out","w",stdout);
    scanf("%I64d %I64d",&a,&b);
    while(b) (b%2) ? (b--,  p=(p*a)%MOD) : (a=(a*a)%MOD,  b/=2);
    printf("%I64d",p);
    return 0;
}