#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;

#define MOD 1999999973

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

int exp_log(int x, int n)
{
    if(n == 0) return 1;
    if(n%2) return x*exp_log(x*x, n/2);
    return exp_log(x*x, n/2);
}

int main()
{
    int n, p;
    in >> n >> p;

    out << exp_log(n, p) %MOD;

    return 0;
}