#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
typedef signed long long ll;

#undef _P
#define _P(...) (void)printf(__VA_ARGS__)
#define FOR(x,to) for(x=0;x<to;x++)
#define ITR(x,c) for(__typeof(c.begin()) x=c.begin();x!=c.end();x++)
#define ALL(a) (a.begin()),(a.end())
#define ZERO(a) memset(a,0,sizeof(a))
#define MINUS(a) memset(a,0xff,sizeof(a))
//-------------------------------------------------------

int X,N;
ll A[101];
ll mo=1000003;

ll modpow(ll a, ll n) {
	ll r=1;
	while(n) r=r*((n%2)?a:1)%mo,a=a*a%mo,n>>=1;
	return r;
}

void solve() {
	int i,j,k,l,r,x,y; string s;
	
	cin>>X>>N;
	ll ret=0;
	FOR(i,N) cin>>y, ret += modpow(X,y);
	cout<<ret%mo<<endl;
}


int main(int argc,char** argv){
	string s;int i;
	if(argc==1) ios::sync_with_stdio(false);
	FOR(i,argc-1) s+=argv[i+1],s+='\n';
	FOR(i,s.size()) ungetc(s[s.size()-1-i],stdin);
	solve(); return 0;
}