#include <cstdio>
#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

int main() {
    freopen("lgput.in", "r", stdin);
    freopen("lgput.out", "w", stdout);

    ios_base::sync_with_stdio(false);
    cin.tie(0);

    long long mod = 1999999973, n, p;
    cin >> n >> p;
    long ans = 1;
    n %= mod;
    while (p > 0) {
        if (p % 2 == 1) {
            ans = (ans * n) % mod;
        }
        p >>= 1;
        n = (n * n) % mod;
    }
    cout << ans;

    return 0;
}