#include <fstream>
#define MOD 1999999973
using namespace std;

ifstream fin("lgput.in");
ofstream fout("lgput.out");
long long n,p;

int main()
{
    int result = 1;
    fin>>n>>p;

    while(p)
    {
        if(p%2)
        {
            result = (result * n) % MOD;
        }

        p /= 2;
        n = (n*n) % MOD;
    }

    fout<<result;

    fin.close(); fout.close();
    return 0;
}