#include <vector>
#include <list>
#include <map>
#include <set>
#include <deque>
#include <queue>
#include <stack>
#include <bitset>
#include <algorithm>
#include <functional>
#include <numeric>
#include <utility>
#include <sstream>
#include <iostream>
#include <iomanip>
#include <cstdio>
#include <cmath>
#include <cstdlib>
#include <cctype>
#include <string>
#include <cstring>
#include <cstdio>
#include <cmath>
#include <cstdlib>
#include <ctime>
#include <fstream>
#include <iterator>
#include <assert.h>
using namespace std;

const string file = "lgput";

const string infile = file + ".in";
const string outfile = file + ".out";

const int INF = 0x3f3f3f3f;

const int MODN = 1999999973;


int main()
{
	int a, b;
	fstream fin(infile.c_str(), ios::in);
	
	fin >> a >> b;
	fin.close();


	unsigned long long rez = 1;
	unsigned long long c = a;
	for(int i = 0; i < 32; i++)
	{
		if((1 << i) & b)
		{
			rez *= c;
			rez %= MODN;
		}
		c *= c;
		c %= MODN;
	}


	fstream fout(outfile.c_str(), ios::out);
	fout << rez << "\n";
	fout.close();
}