#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
#include <cstring>

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

long long solve(long long b, long long p)
{
    long long rez{1};
    while(p)
    {
        if(p%2==1)
            rez=(rez*b)%1999999973;
        p/=2;
        b=(b*b)%1999999973;
    }
    return rez;
}
int main()
{
    long long n, p;
    fin>>n>>p;
    fout<<solve(n, p);

    return 0;
}