#include <iostream>
#include <cstdio>

#define ll long long

using namespace std;

ll pow(ll base, ll exp){
    if(exp == 1)
        return base;
    if(exp%2==0)
        return pow(base*base, exp/2);
    return (base*pow(base, exp-1));
}

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

    ll a, b;
    cin >> a >> b;
    cout << pow(a, b);
    return 0;
}