#include <bits/stdc++.h>

#define MOD 1999999973

using namespace std;

long long n, p, ans=1;

int main()
{
    freopen("lgput.in","r",stdin);
    freopen("lgput.out","w",stdout);
    scanf("%lld %lld", &n, &p);
    while(p>1)
    {
        if(p&1) ans=(ans*n)%MOD;
        n=(n*n)%MOD;
        p>>=1;
    }
    printf("%lld",ans);
    return 0;
}