#include <cstdio>

int A, B, MOD = 1999999973;

int expo(int A, int B)
{
    int result = 1;

    while(B)
    {
        if(B & 1) result = (result * A) % MOD;
        A = (A * A) % MOD;
        B >>= 1;
    }

    return result;
}

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

    scanf("%d %d", &A, &B);

    printf("%d", expo(A % MOD, B % MOD));

    return 0;
}