#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
ifstream f("lgput.in");
ofstream g("lgput.out");
int64_t n,p;
const int64_t MOD=1999999973;
int64_t powmodulo ()
{
    int64_t b=1;
    while (p)
    {
        if ((p&1))
        {
            b=((b%MOD)*(n%MOD))%MOD;
            p--;
        }
        n=((n%MOD)*(n%MOD))%MOD;
        p=(p>>1);
    }
    return b;
}
int main ()
{
    f>>n>>p;
    g<<powmodulo();
    return 0;
}