#include<stdio.h>

using namespace std;

FILE *in,*out;

//constante
const long long mod=1999999973;
//functii
long long calc(long long nr,long long putere);

//variabile
long long n,p;

int main(void)
{
	in=fopen("lgput.in","rt");
	out=fopen("lgput.out","wt");
	
	fscanf(in,"%lld%lld",&n,&p);
	fprintf(out,"%lld",calc(n,p)%mod);
	fclose(in);
	fclose(out);
	return 0;
}	

long long calc(long long numar,long long putere)
{
	if(putere==0)
		return 1;
	if(putere==1)
		return numar;		
	if(putere%2)
		return (numar * calc((numar*numar)%mod, (putere-1)/2))%mod;
	else
		return calc((numar*numar)%mod,putere/2)%mod;
}