#include <fstream>

using namespace std;

long long int mod=1999999973;
ifstream in("lgput.in");
ofstream out("lgput.out");

int main()
{

    long long int n,p,rez=1;
    in>>n>>p;
    while(p)
    {
        if(p&1)
        {
            rez=(rez*n)%mod;
            p--;
        }
        n=(n*n)%mod;
        p/=2;
    }
    out<<rez;
    return 0;
}