#include <stdio.h>
#define MOD 1999999973
using namespace std;
int put (int a, int b)
{
    if(b==0) return 1;
    if(b==1) return a;
    long long j=put(a,b/2);
    if(b%2==0) return (j*j)%MOD;
    else return (((a*j)%MOD)*j)%MOD;
}
int main ()
{
    freopen("lgput.in","r",stdin);
    freopen("lgput.out","w",stdout);
    int n, p;
    scanf("%d%d",&n,&p);
    printf("%d",put(n,p));
    return 0;
}