MOD = 998244353 def main(): import sys N, K = map(int, sys.stdin.readline().split()) if N == 1: if K == 0: print(1) else: print(0) return n = N - 1 # Precompute m^K mod MOD for m in 0..n pow_mK = [0] * (n + 1) pow_mK[0] = 1 if K == 0 else 0 for m in range(1, n + 1): pow_mK[m] = pow(m, K, MOD) # Precompute factorial and inverse factorial modulo MOD fact = [1] * (n + 1) for i in range(1, n + 1): fact[i] = fact[i - 1] * i % MOD inv_fact = [1] * (n + 1) inv_fact[n] = pow(fact[n], MOD - 2, MOD) for i in range(n - 1, -1, -1): inv_fact[i] = inv_fact[i + 1] * (i + 1) % MOD total = 0 for m in range(0, n + 1): # Compute C(n, m) = fact[n] * inv_fact[m] * inv_fact[n - m] mod MOD c = fact[n] * inv_fact[m] % MOD c = c * inv_fact[n - m] % MOD term = c * pow_mK[m] % MOD total = (total + term) % MOD print(total) if __name__ == "__main__": main()