#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>

using namespace std;

long long x,y,a=1;

int main()
{
    FILE *f=fopen("lgput.in","r");
    FILE *g=fopen("lgput.out","w");
    fscanf(f,"%lld %lld",&x,&y);
    while(y)
    {
        if(y%2==1)
        {
            a*=x;
            a%=1999999973;
        }
        x*=x;
        x%=1999999973;
        y/=2;
    }
    fprintf(g,"%lld\n",a);
    return 0;
}