#include <fstream>
#define mod 1999999973
#define LL long long

using namespace std;

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

int lgput(int n,int p)
{
    int rez=1;
    while(p)
    {
        if(1 & p)
        {
            rez=(1LL*(rez%mod)*(n%mod))%mod;
            p--;
        }
        n=(1LL*(n%mod)*(n%mod))%mod;
        p/=2;
    }
    return rez;
}

int main()
{
    LL a,b;
    fin>>a>>b;
    fout<<lgput(a,b);
    return 0;
}