#include <fstream>

using namespace std;

fstream f("lgput.in", ios::in);
fstream g("lgput.out", ios::out);

const int m = 1999999973;
int n, p, a, i, sol;

int main()
{
    f >> n >> p;
    a = n;
    sol = 1;
    for (i = 0; (1 << i) <= p; i++)
    {
        if ((1 << i) & p) sol = (sol * a) % m;
        a = (a * a) % m;
    }
    g << sol;
    return 0;
}