#include <iostream>

#define MOD 1999999973
#define ull unsigned long long

using namespace std;

ull power(ull N, ull P) {
    ull s = 1;
    for(int i = 1; i <= P; i++) {
        s = (s % MOD) * (N % MOD) % MOD;
    }

    return s;
}

int main()
{
    freopen("lgput.in", "r", stdin);
    freopen("lgput.out", "w", stdout);

    ull N, P;
    cin >> N >> P;
    cout << power(N, P) % MOD;
    return 0;
}