#include <stdio.h>   
#include <string.h>
#include<math.h>
#define m  1999999973

int main()
{
    unsigned int  n, p,i;
  long long s=1,v;

    freopen("lgput.in","r",stdin);
    freopen("lgput.out","w",stdout);
    scanf("%d %d", &n, &p);
    v=n;

  for(i=1;i<=p;i<<=1)
  	 {if(i&p) s=(s*v)%m;
     v=(v*v)%m;  }

     printf("%lld\n", s);
  return 0;
    }