#include <bits/stdc++.h>

using namespace std;

const int mod = 1999999973;
long long n, p;

long long lgpow(int n, int p) {
    int sol = 1;
    while (n) {
        if (p & 1)
            sol = n * p % mod;
        p >>= 1;
        n *= n % mod;
    }
    return sol;
}

int main() {
    ios_base::sync_with_stdio(false);
    cin.tie(0);
    cout.tie(0);

    freopen("lgput.in", "r", stdin);
    freopen("lgput.out", "w", stdout);

    cin >> n >> p;
    cout << lgpow(n, p);
}