#include<cstdio>
#define mod 1999999973
using namespace std;
int n,m;
int putere(int x,int y)
{
    int s=1;
    while(y>0)
    {
        if(y&1)s=s*x%mod;
        x=x*x%mod;
        y>>=1;
    }
    return s;
}
int main()
{
    freopen("lgput.in","r",stdin);
    freopen("lgput.out","w",stdout);
    scanf("%d %d",&n,&m);
    printf("%d",putere(n,m));
    return 0;
}