import java.io.*;
import java.util.Scanner;

/**
 * Created by slycer on 4/3/16.
 */
public class Main {

    private static long MOD = 1999999973l;

    public static void main ( String [] args ) throws FileNotFoundException, UnsupportedEncodingException {

        Scanner s = new Scanner(new FileInputStream("lgput.in"));
        //PrintWriter output = new PrintWriter( "lgout.out", "UTF-8" );

        long a = s.nextLong();
        long p = s.nextLong();
        //output.println( solve( a, p ) );
        //output.print( "1" );
        //output.close();;
    }

    public static long solve( long a, long p ){
        if ( p == 0 ){
            return 1;
        }
        if ( p == 1 ){
            return a;
        }
        if ( p%2==0 ){
            long aux = solve( a, p/2 );
            return ( aux * aux ) % MOD;
        } else {
            return ( a * solve( a, p-1 ) ) % MOD ;
        }
    }

}