#include <fstream>
#include <cmath>
#define MOD 1999999973
using namespace std;


long long rest(long long N, long long P)
{
   long long a;
   if(P==1)
   {
       return N;
   }

    if(P%2==0)
    {
           a=rest(N,P/2);
           a=(a*a)%MOD;
           return a;
    }
    else
    {
        a=rest(N,P-1);
        a=(a*N)%MOD;
        return a;
    }
}
int main()
{
    long long N,P;
     freopen("lgput.in","r",stdin);
    freopen("lgput.out","w",stdout);

    scanf("%lld %lld",&N,&P);
    printf("%lld",rest(N,P));
}