using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using Enu = System.Linq.Enumerable;

class Solution {
    long x, N;
    long[] a;
    const int MOD = 1000003;
    void calc() {
        rlo(out x, out N);

        a = rla((int)N);

        long ans = 0;
        for (int i = 0; i < N; i++) {
            ans = (ans + pow(x, a[i])) % MOD;
        }

        Console.WriteLine(ans);
    }

    long pow(long x, long n) {
        long ret = 1;
        while (n > 0) {
            if (n % 2 == 1)
                ret = (ret * x) % MOD;
            x = (x * x) % MOD;
            n /= 2;
        }
        return ret;
    }

    static void Main(string[] args) {
        new Solution().calc();
    }

    #region
    static int ri() { return int.Parse(Console.ReadLine()); }
    static int[] ria(int n) {
        if (n <= 0) { Console.ReadLine(); return new int[0]; }
        else return Console.ReadLine().Trim().Split(' ').Select(int.Parse).ToArray();
    }
    static void rio(out int p1) { p1 = ri(); }
    static void rio(out int p1, out int p2) { var r = ria(2); p1 = r[0]; p2 = r[1]; }
    static void rio(out int p1, out int p2, out int p3) { var r = ria(3); p1 = r[0]; p2 = r[1]; p3 = r[2]; }
    static void rio(out int p1, out int p2, out int p3, out int p4) { var r = ria(4); p1 = r[0]; p2 = r[1]; p3 = r[2]; p4 = r[3]; }
    static void rio(out int p1, out int p2, out int p3, out int p4, out int p5) { var r = ria(5); p1 = r[0]; p2 = r[1]; p3 = r[2]; p4 = r[3]; p5 = r[4]; }
    static long rl() { return long.Parse(Console.ReadLine()); }
    static long[] rla(int n) {
        if (n <= 0) { Console.ReadLine(); return new long[0]; }
        else return Console.ReadLine().Trim().Split(' ').Select(long.Parse).ToArray();
    }
    static void rlo(out long p1) { p1 = rl(); }
    static void rlo(out long p1, out long p2) { var r = rla(2); p1 = r[0]; p2 = r[1]; }
    static void rlo(out long p1, out long p2, out long p3) { var r = rla(3); p1 = r[0]; p2 = r[1]; p3 = r[2]; }
    static void rlo(out long p1, out long p2, out long p3, out long p4) { var r = rla(4); p1 = r[0]; p2 = r[1]; p3 = r[2]; p4 = r[3]; }
    static void rlo(out long p1, out long p2, out long p3, out long p4, out long p5) { var r = rla(5); p1 = r[0]; p2 = r[1]; p3 = r[2]; p4 = r[3]; p5 = r[4]; }
    static double rd() { return double.Parse(Console.ReadLine()); }
    static double[] rda(int n) {
        if (n <= 0) { Console.ReadLine(); return new double[0]; }
        else return Console.ReadLine().Trim().Split(' ').Select(double.Parse).ToArray();
    }
    static void rdo(out double p1) { p1 = rd(); }
    static void rdo(out double p1, out double p2) { var r = rda(2); p1 = r[0]; p2 = r[1]; }
    static void rdo(out double p1, out double p2, out double p3) { var r = rda(3); p1 = r[0]; p2 = r[1]; p3 = r[2]; }
    static void rdo(out double p1, out double p2, out double p3, out double p4) { var r = rda(4); p1 = r[0]; p2 = r[1]; p3 = r[2]; p4 = r[3]; }
    static void rdo(out double p1, out double p2, out double p3, out double p4, out double p5) { var r = rda(5); p1 = r[0]; p2 = r[1]; p3 = r[2]; p4 = r[3]; p5 = r[4]; }
    static void swap<T>(ref T x, ref T y) { T temp = x; x = y; y = temp; }
    static void wa1<T>(T[] a) { Console.WriteLine(string.Join(" ", a)); }
    static void wa2<T>(T[,] a) {
        for (int i = 0; i < a.GetLength(0); i++) {
            for (int j = 0; j < a.GetLength(1); j++) Console.Write(a[i, j] + " ");
            Console.WriteLine();
        }
    }
    #endregion
}