#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
using namespace std;

ifstream f("lgput.in");
ofstream g("lgput.out");

const int Mod = 1999999973;

long long Exp(long long x, long long y)
{
    if(y == 1) return x;
    else if(y % 2 == 0) return Exp(x*x%Mod, y/2)%Mod;
    else if(y % 2 != 0) return x * Exp(x*x%Mod, (y-1)/2)%Mod;
}

int main()
{
    long long n, p;
    f >> n >> p;
    if(!p) g << 1;
    else
    g << Exp(n, p)%Mod;
}