#include <bits/stdc++.h>

using namespace std;

ifstream in("lgput.in");
ofstream out("lgput.out");

const long long MOD = 1999999973;

long long n, p, rez;

long long putere(long long n, long long p)
{
    long long rez = 1;
    while(p)
    {
        if(p & 1)
        {
            rez = (rez * n) % MOD;
            p--;
        }
        n = (n * n) % MOD;
        p >>= 1;
    }
    return rez;
}

int main()
{
    in>>n>>p;
    rez = putere(n, p);
    out<<rez;
    return 0;
}