#include <cstdio>

#define MOD 1999999973

long N, P;

long pow(long N, long P)
{
    long res = 1;
    for(;P;P >>= 1)
    {
        if(P & 1)
            res =(res * N) % MOD;
        N = (N*N) % MOD;
    }
    return res;
}

int main()
{
    freopen("lgput.in","rt",stdin);
    freopen("lgput.out","wt",stdout);

    scanf("%ld %ld",&N,&P);

    printf("%ld\n",pow(N, P));
}