#include<stdio.h>
long long m,n,p,fact,sol;
int main()
{
	FILE *f,*g;f=fopen("lgput.in","r");g=fopen("lgput.out","w");
	m=1999999973;fscanf(f,"%lld%lld",&n,&p);
	sol=1;fact=n;
	while(p)
	{ if(p%2) sol=(sol*fact)%m;
	  fact=(fact*fact)%m;
	  p=p/2;
	}
	fprintf(g,"%lld\n",sol);
	fcloseall();
	return 0;
}