#include <fstream>
#define mod 1999999973

using namespace std;

ifstream cin ("lgput.in");
ofstream cout("lgput.out");

long long put(int n,int p)
{
    if (p==1) return n;
    if (p==0) return 1;
    if (p%2==0)
        return put(((n%mod)*(n%mod))%mod,p/2);
    else return (n%mod)*put(((n%mod)*(n%mod))%mod,(p-1)/2);
}

int main()
{
    int n,p;
    cin>>n>>p;
    cout<<put(n,p)%mod;
    return 0;
}