#include <iostream>
#include <cstdio>

using namespace std;

long long x,n;
long long sol=1;

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

    scanf("%d %d",&x,&n);
    for(int i=0;(1<<i)<=n;i++)
    {
        if(((1<<i) & n)>0)
            sol=(sol*x)%1999999973;
        x=(x*x)%1999999973;
    }
    printf("%lld",sol);
    return 0;
}