#include <stdio.h>

const int m = 1999999973;

int f(int n, int exp)
{
    if (exp == 0)
        return 1;
    if (exp == 1)
        return n;
    if (exp%2 == 0)
        return f((n*n)%m, exp/2)%m;
    return n*f((n*n)%m, (exp-1)/2)%m;
}

int main()
{
    int N, P;
    
    freopen("lgput.in", "r", stdin);
    freopen("lgput.out", "w", stdout);
    
    scanf("%i%i", &N, &P);
    printf("%i", f(N, P));
    
    return 0;
}