program ridick;
var A : longint;
    m,n : longint;
    f : text;
function put(x,y:longint):longint;
var nr : longint;
begin
nr := 1;
while y<>0 do
if y mod 2 <> 0 then begin
                     nr := nr*x mod 1999999973;
                     y := y-1;
                     end
else begin
     x := x*x mod 1999999973;
     y := y div 2;
     end;

put := nr;

end;

begin
assign(f,'lgput.in');
reset(f);
read(f,m,n);
close(f);
assign(f,'lgput.out');
rewrite(f);
write(f,put(n,m));
close(f);
end.