#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>

using namespace std;

long long modulo=1999999973;

int exp(long long n, long long p){
    if(p<0)
        return exp(1/n,-p);
    else if(p==0)
        return 1;
    else if(p==1)
        return n;
    else if(p%2==0)
        return exp((n*n)%modulo,p/2)%modulo;
    else if(p%2==1)
        return n*exp((n*n)%modulo,(p-1)/2)%modulo;
}

int main()
{
    long long n,p;
    ifstream f("lgput.in");
    ofstream g("lgput.out");
    f>>n>>p;
    cout<<exp(n,p);
    return 0;

}