#include <fstream>
#include <iostream>
#include <cmath>
#include <vector>
#include <bitset>
using namespace std;

const int MOD = 1999999973;

long long put_log(long long n, long long p) {
    int r = 1;
    while (p > 0) {
        if (p & 1) {
            r = (r * (n % MOD))%MOD;
        }
        n = (n * n)%MOD;
        p>>=1;
    }
    return r;
}

int main() {
    ifstream fin("lgput.in");
    ofstream fout("lgput.out");
    long long x, y;
    fin >> x >> y;
    fout << put_log(x, y);
}