#include<fstream>
#define mod 1999999973
using namespace std;
ifstream cin("lgput.in");
ofstream cout("lgput.out");
long long n,e;
long long exp(long long a,long long b)
{
    if(b==0)
        return 1;
    else
        if(b%2==0)
        return ((exp(a,b/2)%mod)*(exp(a,b/2)%mod))%mod;
    else
        return ((exp(a,b-1)%mod)*a)%mod;
}
int main()
{
    cin>>n>>e;
    cout<<exp(n,e);
}