#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
#include <math.h>
//#include <windows.h>
using namespace std;
ifstream f ("lgput.in");
ofstream g ("lgput.out");
long int k=1999999973;
long long int exp(long long int x,long long int y)
{
 //   x%=k;
    cout<<"Intru in functie cu X="<<x<<" si Y="<<y<<endl;
//    system("PAUSE");
    if(y==0)
    {
        return 1;
    }
    if(y%2)
    {
        return (long long)(x*exp(x*x,(y-1)/2));
    }
    return (long long)(exp( x*x,y/2));
}
int main()
{
    long long int n,rez,p,x=0;
    f>>n>>p;
   // x=exp(n,p);
   // g<<x;
    rez=1;
    while(p)
    {
        if(p%2)
        {
            rez=rez*n;
        }
        n=n*n;
        p=p/2;
    }
    g<<rez%k;
    return 0;
}