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

int a,b;



int lgput(int p)
{
    if(p>1)
    {
        if(!p%2)
        {
            int t=lgput(p/2);
            t%=mod;
            return (t*t)%mod;
        }
        else
        {
            int t=lgput(p-1);
            t%=mod;
            return (t*a)%mod;
        }

    }
    return a;
}

void citire()
{
    freopen("lgput.in","r",stdin);
    freopen("lgput.out","w",stdout);
    scanf("%d %d",&a, &b);
    printf("%d",(lgput(b)%mod));
}

int main()
{
    citire();
    return 0;
}