#include <bits/stdc++.h>
#define MOD 1999999973

using namespace std;

int exp_by_squaring(int a, int b)
{
    int ans = 1;
    while (b > 0)
    {
        if (b&1)
            ans=(a*b)%MOD;
        b>>=1;
        a=(a*a)%MOD;
    }
    return ans;
}

int main()
{
    freopen("lgput.in", "r", stdin);
    freopen("lgput.out", "w", stdout);
    int n, p;
    cin>>n>>p;
    cout<<exp_by_squaring(n, p)<<'\n';

    return 0;
}