#include <fstream>

using namespace std;

ifstream fin("lgput.in");
ofstream fout("lgput.out");

const long long MOD = 1999999973;

int main()
{
    long long n, p;
    fin >> n >> p;
    long long ans = 1;
    while(p)
    {
        if( p % 2 )
        {
            ans = (ans * n) % MOD;
            p--;
        }
        n = (n * n) % MOD;
        p /= 2;
    }
    fout << ans << '\n';
    return 0;
}