use std::io::*;
use std::ops::*;
use std::str::FromStr;
use utils::*;

pub fn main() {
    let i = stdin();
    let mut o = Vec::new();
    run(i.lock(), &mut o);
    stdout().write_all(&o).unwrap();
}

fn run<R: BufRead, W: Write>(i: R, o: &mut W) {
    let mut i = CpReader::new(i);
    let (x, n) = i.read2::<usize, usize>();
    let a = i.read_vec::<usize>(n);

    writeln!(o, "{}", solve(x, &a)).unwrap();
}
fn solve(x: usize, a: &[usize]) -> usize {
    let x = ModInt::new(x);
    let mut r = ModInt::new(0);

    for &a in a {
        r += x.pow(a);
    }
    r.0
}

mod utils {
    use super::*;

    pub struct CpReader<R: BufRead> {
        r: R,
        s: String,
    }

    macro_rules! fn_read {
        {$f:ident($($v:ident: $t:ident),*)} => {
            pub fn $f<$($t: FromStr),*>(&mut self) -> ($($t),*) {
                let i = &mut self.read_line().split(' ');
                $(
                    let $v = i.next().unwrap().parse().ok().unwrap();
                )*
                ($($v),*)
            }
        };
    }

    impl<R: BufRead> CpReader<R> {
        pub fn new(r: R) -> Self {
            CpReader {
                r: r,
                s: String::new(),
            }
        }
        pub fn read_line(&mut self) -> &str {
            self.s.clear();
            self.r.read_line(&mut self.s).unwrap();
            self.s.trim()
        }

        fn_read! { read2(v1: T1, v2: T2) }

        pub fn read_vec<T: FromStr>(&mut self, n: usize) -> Vec<T> {
            self.read_line()
                .split(' ')
                .take(n)
                .map(|x| x.parse().ok().unwrap())
                .collect()
        }
    }

    #[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy)]
    pub struct ModInt(pub usize);

    const MOD_BASE: usize = 1000003;

    impl ModInt {
        pub fn new(n: usize) -> Self {
            ModInt(n % MOD_BASE)
        }
        pub fn pow(self, mut exp: usize) -> Self {
            let mut b = self;
            let mut r = ModInt(1);
            while exp != 0 {
                if exp % 2 == 1 {
                    r *= b;
                }
                exp /= 2;
                b = b * b;
            }
            r
        }
    }

    macro_rules! ModInt_op {
        (($ot:ident, $f:ident), ($ot_a:ident, $f_a:ident), $($rhs:ty, $e:expr,)*) => {
            $(
            impl $ot<$rhs> for ModInt {
                type Output = Self;
                fn $f(self, rhs: $rhs) -> Self {
                    Self::new(($e)(self, rhs))
                }
            }
            impl $ot_a<$rhs> for ModInt {
                fn $f_a(&mut self, rhs: $rhs) {
                    *self = Self::new(($e)(*self, rhs))
                }
            }
            )*
        }
    }

    ModInt_op!(
        (Add, add),
        (AddAssign, add_assign),
        ModInt,
        |l: ModInt, r: ModInt| l.0 + r.0,
        usize,
        |l: ModInt, r: usize| l.0 + r,
    );

    ModInt_op!(
        (Mul, mul),
        (MulAssign, mul_assign),
        ModInt,
        |l: ModInt, r: ModInt| l.0 * r.0,
        usize,
        |l: ModInt, r: usize| l.0 * r,
    );

    ModInt_op!(
        (Sub, sub),
        (SubAssign, sub_assign),
        ModInt,
        |l: ModInt, r: ModInt| MOD_BASE + l.0 - r.0,
        usize,
        |l: ModInt, r: usize| MOD_BASE + l.0 - r,
    );

}