#include <cstdio>
using namespace std;

const int MOD = 1999999973;
typedef long long ll;
ll x, n;

ll lgput(ll x, int n)
{
	ll p = 1 ;
	while (n > 0)
	{
		if (n & 1)
		{
			p *= x;
			p %= MOD;
			n--;
		}
		x *= x; x %= MOD;
		n >>= 1;
	}
	return p ;
}

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

    scanf("%lld %lld", &x, &n);
    printf("%lld", lgput(x, n));

    return 0;
}