#include <stdio.h>

using namespace std;
int putere (int a, int b){
    int p=1;
    while(b!=0){
    if(b%2==1){
        p=((long long)p*a)%1999999973;
        }
    a=((long long)a*a)%1999999973;
    b=b/2;
    }
    return p;
}
int main()
{
    int m,n;
    freopen("lgput.in", "r", stdin);
    freopen("lgput.out", "w", stdout);
    scanf("%lld %lld", &m, &n);
    printf("%d", putere(m,n));
    return 0;
}