#include<stdio.h>
#define m 1999999973
using namespace std;

int n, p;
long long sol = 1;


void exp(int n, int p)
{
    int i;
    long long mt;

     mt = n;

    for(i = 0; i <= p; i++)
    {
        if((p & (1<<i)) > 0)
            sol = (sol * mt) % m;

        mt = (mt * mt) % m;
    }
}


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

    scanf("%d %d", &n, &p);

    exp(n, p);

    printf("%lld", sol);

    fclose(stdin);
    fclose(stdout);
    return 0;
}