#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
 
//////////////////

#ifdef DEBUG
    #include "debug.h"
    #define dump(...)                                                              \
        DUMPOUT << "  " << string(#__VA_ARGS__) << ": "                            \
                << "[" << to_string(__LINE__) << ":" << __FUNCTION__ << "]"        \
                << endl                                                            \
                << "    ",                                                         \
            dump_func(__VA_ARGS__)
#else
    #define dump(...)
#endif


// http://beet-aizu.hatenablog.com/entry/2018/04/08/145516
template<typename T>
vector<T> make_v(size_t a){return vector<T>(a);}

template<typename T,typename... Ts>
auto make_v(size_t a,Ts... ts){
  return vector<decltype(make_v<T>(ts...))>(a,make_v<T>(ts...));
}

template<typename T,typename V>
typename enable_if<is_class<T>::value==0>::type
fill_v(T &t,const V &v){t=v;}

template<typename T,typename V>
typename enable_if<is_class<T>::value!=0>::type
fill_v(T &t,const V &v){
  for(auto &e:t) fill_v(e,v);
}

//////////////////

#define int long long
 
#define rep(i,n) for(int i=0, i##_len=(n); i<i##_len; ++i)

#define YES puts("YES")
#define Yes puts("Yes")
#define NO  puts("NO")
#define No  puts("No")
#define ALL(v) (v).begin(), (v).end()
int gcd(int a, int b) { return b ? gcd(b, a % b) : a; }
template<class T> bool chmax(T &a, const T &b) { if (a<b) { a=b; return 1; } return 0; }
template<class T> bool chmin(T &a, const T &b) { if (a>b) { a=b; return 1; } return 0; }

/*
#define mod 1000000007 /*/
#define mod 998244353 //*/

typedef pair<int, int> P;
#define INF (1LL<<60)

template<int MOD> struct Fp {
    long long val;
    constexpr Fp(long long v = 0) noexcept : val(v % MOD) {
        if (val < 0) val += MOD;
    }
    constexpr int getmod() { return MOD; }
    constexpr Fp operator - () const noexcept {
        return val ? MOD - val : 0;
    }
    constexpr Fp operator + (const Fp& r) const noexcept { return Fp(*this) += r; }
    constexpr Fp operator - (const Fp& r) const noexcept { return Fp(*this) -= r; }
    constexpr Fp operator * (const Fp& r) const noexcept { return Fp(*this) *= r; }
    constexpr Fp operator / (const Fp& r) const noexcept { return Fp(*this) /= r; }
    constexpr Fp& operator += (const Fp& r) noexcept {
        val += r.val;
        if (val >= MOD) val -= MOD;
        return *this;
    }
    constexpr Fp& operator -= (const Fp& r) noexcept {
        val -= r.val;
        if (val < 0) val += MOD;
        return *this;
    }
    constexpr Fp& operator *= (const Fp& r) noexcept {
        val = val * r.val % MOD;
        return *this;
    }
    constexpr Fp& operator /= (const Fp& r) noexcept {
        long long a = r.val, b = MOD, u = 1, v = 0;
        while (b) {
            long long t = a / b;
            a -= t * b; swap(a, b);
            u -= t * v; swap(u, v);
        }
        val = val * u % MOD;
        if (val < 0) val += MOD;
        return *this;
    }
    constexpr bool operator == (const Fp& r) const noexcept {
        return this->val == r.val;
    }
    constexpr bool operator != (const Fp& r) const noexcept {
        return this->val != r.val;
    }
    friend constexpr ostream& operator << (ostream &os, const Fp<MOD>& x) noexcept {
        return os << x.val;
    }
    friend constexpr Fp<MOD> modpow(const Fp<MOD> &a, long long n) noexcept {
        if (n == 0) return 1;
        auto t = modpow(a, n / 2);
        t = t * t;
        if (n & 1) t = t * a;
        return t;
    }
};

using mint = Fp<mod>;

void solve(){
    int N, L;
    cin >> N >> L;
    mint ans = modpow(mint(3), max(0LL,N-L));
    cout << ans.val << endl;
}


signed main(){
    cout << fixed << setprecision(18);
//    cerr << fixed << setprecision(18);
    solve();
}