#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>

using namespace std;

ifstream fin("lgput.in");
ofstream fout("lgput.out");

#define MOD 1999999973
int n,p;
long long rez=1;

int main()
{
    fin>>n>>p;

    for(int k=p; k; k>>=1)
    {
        if(k&1)
            rez=1LL*rez*n%MOD;
        n=1LL*n*n%MOD;
    }

    fout<<rez%MOD;

    fin.close();
    fout.close();
    return 0;
}