#include <fstream>
#define mod 1999999973

using namespace std;

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

long long put(int x, int n)
{
	long long p = 1 ;
	while (n > 0)
	{
		if (n & 1)
		{
			p *= x;
			n-- ;
		}
		x = x * x ;
		n >>= 1 ;
	}
	return p ;
}

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