#include<iostream>
#include<fstream>
#define MOD 1999999973;
using namespace std;

ifstream f("lgput.in");
ofstream g("lgput.out");

long long exp(long long x,long long n)
{
if(n==0) return 1;
else if(n==1) return x;
else if(n%2==0) { return exp(x*x, n/2)%MOD;}
else {return (x * exp( x*x, (n-1)/2))%MOD;}
}

int main()
{
long long n,m;
f>>n>>m;
long long sol = exp(n,m);
g<<sol%MOD;
return 0;

}