#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>

using namespace std;

ifstream fin("lgput.in");
ofstream fout("lgput.out");

#define mod 1999999973
int n,p;

int lgput(int n, int p)
{
    long long rez=1;
    if(p==0)    return 1;
    for(; p; p>>=1)
    {
        if(p&1)
            rez = ((long long) rez*n)%mod;
        n = ((long long)n*n)%mod;
    }
    return rez;
}

int main()
{
    fin>>n>>p;
    fout<<lgput(n,p);
    return 0;
}