#include<stdio.h>
#define mod 1999999973
using namespace std;

int n, p;

int putere(int a, int n)
{if(n==1) return a;
if(n%2==0)
  return ((putere(a, n/2)%mod)*(putere(a, n/2)%mod))%mod;
else return ((putere(a, n/2)%mod)*(putere(a, n/2)%mod)*(a%mod))%mod;
}

int main()
{freopen("lgput.in", "r", stdin);
freopen("lgput.out", "w", stdout);
scanf("%d%d", &n, &p);

printf("%d", putere(n, p));
return 0;
}