#include<bits/stdc++.h>
#define LL long long int
#define close return 0;
#define MD 1999999973
using namespace std;
ifstream fin ("lgput.in");
ofstream fout ("lgput.out");
int ppow(int n, int p)
{
    int aux = 1;
    while (p)
    {
        if (p % 2)
            aux = (1ll * aux * n) % MD;
        n = (n * n * 1ll) % MD;
        p /= 2;
    }
    return aux;
}
int main()
{
    int n, p;
    fin >> n >> p;
    fout << ppow(n, p);
    close
}