#include    <iostream>
#include    <fstream>

using namespace std;

ifstream fin("lgput.in");
ofstream fout("lgput.out");

const int MOD = 1999999973;

int Power(int N, int P)
{
    int Sol = 1;
    while(P)
    {
        if(P & 1)
            Sol = (1LL * Sol * N) % MOD;
        N = (1LL * N * N) % MOD;
        P >>= 1;
    }
    return Sol;
}

void Read()
{
    int x, y;
    fin >> x >> y;
    fout << Power(x, y);
}

int main()
{
    Read();
    return 0;
}