#include <iostream>

#define MOD 1999999973

using namespace std;

long long N, P;

long long LogPow (long long n, long long p)
{
    long long s=1;
    while (p>0)
    {
        if (p%2==0)
        {
            n*=n;
            n%=MOD;
            p/=2;
        }
        else
        {
            s*=n;
            s%=MOD;
            --p;
        }
    }
    return s;
}

void Read ()
{
    freopen ("lgput.in", "r", stdin);
    scanf ("%lld %lld", &N, &P);
}

void Print ()
{
    freopen ("lgput.out", "w", stdout);
    printf ("%lld", LogPow (N, P));
}

int main()
{
    Read ();
    Print ();
    return 0;
}