#include <bits/stdc++.h>

using namespace std;
ifstream fin("lgput.in");
ofstream fout("lgput.out");
long long  rez,nlp,n,modulo,p;
int main()
{
    fin>>n>>p;
    nlp=n;
    rez=1;
    modulo=1999999973;
    while(p)
    {
        if(p%2) rez=(rez*nlp)%modulo;
        p=p/2;
        nlp=(nlp*nlp)%modulo;
    }
   fout<<rez;
    return 0;
}