#include<fstream>
using namespace std;
ifstream fin("lgput.in");
ofstream fout("lgput.out");
int main()
{
    long long N,P,x,y,M;
    fin>>N>>P;
    M=1999999973;
    x=N%M;
    y=1;
    while(P!=0)
    {
        if(P%2==1)
        {
            y=(y*x)%M;
        }
    x=(x*x)%M;
    P=P/2;
    }
    fout<<y<<"\n";
    fin.close();
    fout.close();
    return 0;
}