#include<iostream>
#include<fstream>
using namespace std;
fstream fin("lgput.in",ios::in),fout("lgput.out",ios::out);
int x,n;
long long put(int a,int b)
{
    long long v;
    if(b==0)
    {
        return 1;
    }
    if(b%2==0)
    {
        v=put(a,b/2);
        return v*v;
    }
    return a*put(a,b-1);
}
int main()
{
    int a,b;
    long long c;
    fin>>a>>b;
    c=put(a,b);
    //cout<<c<<endl;
    //cout<<c%1999999973;
    fout<<c%1999999973;
}