#include<iostream>
#include<fstream>
#define MOD 1999999973
using namespace std;
long long  i,n,p;
long long putere(long long x , long long p)
{
    long long P = 1;
    while(p)
    {
        if(p % 2 == 1)
            P = (P * x)%MOD;
        x = (x * x)%MOD;
        p /= 2;
    }
    return P;
}
int main()
{
    freopen("lgput.in","r",stdin);
    freopen("lgput.out","w",stdout);
    cin>>n>>p;
    cout<<putere(n,p);
}