#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
const int  MOD=1999999973;
using namespace std;

int n,p;
long long putere (long long n,long long p){
    if (p == 0)
        return 1;
    else{
        long long y = putere (n,p/2);
        if (p%2 == 0)
            return y*y%MOD;
        else
            return y*y%MOD*n%MOD;
    }
}
ifstream fin ("lgput.in");
ofstream fout ("lgput.out");

int main (){

    fin>>n>>p;
    fout<<putere (n,p);
    return 0;
}