#include<cstdio>
using namespace std;
long long rez,a,b;
int main(){
    freopen("lgput.in","r",stdin);
    freopen("lgput.out","w",stdout);
    scanf("%lld%lld",&a,&b);
    a=a%1999999973;
    rez=1;
    while(b!=0){
        if(b%2==0){
            a=(a*a)%1999999973;
            b/=2;
        }
        else{
            rez=(rez*a)%1999999973;
            b--;
        }
    }
    printf("%lld",rez);
    return 0;
}