#include <cstdio>

FILE *f = fopen("lgput.in", "r");
FILE *g = fopen("lgput.out", "w");

const int MOD = 1999999973;

typedef unsigned long long ull;

ull rl(ull n, ull p)
{
    ull r = 1;
    while(p)
    {
        if(p % 2 == 1)
            r = (r * n) % MOD;
        n = (n * n) % MOD;
        p /= 2;
    }
    return r;
}

int main()
{
    ull n, p;
    fscanf(f, "%lld%lld", &n, &p);
    fprintf(g, "%lld", rl(n, p));
    return 0;
}