#include <fstream>
using namespace std;

const int mod=1999999973;
int n, p;

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

int Exp(int x, int p)
{
    if (p!=1) {
        if (p%2==0)
            return Exp(x*x, p/2)%mod;
        else
            return (x*Exp(x*x, p/2))%mod;
    }
    else
        return x;
}

int main()
{
    f>>n>>p;
    g<<Exp(n, p);
    return 0;
}