#include<iostream>
#include<string>

using namespace std;

#define LL long long
#define MOD 1999999973

int N,P;

inline int pw(int a,int b)
{
    if(b==0) return 1;
    
    int ab2=pw(a,b/2);
    
    int ans=((LL)ab2*ab2)%MOD;
    if(b%2) ans=((LL)ans*a)%MOD;
    
    return ans;  
}

int main()
{
    freopen("lgput.in","r",stdin);
    freopen("lgput.out","w",stdout);
    
    scanf("%d %d",&N,&P);
    
    printf("%d",pw(N,P));
    
    return 0;
}