#include <bits/stdc++.h>

using namespace std;

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

const int mod = 1999999973;

long long n, p;

int main()
{
    fin >> n >> p;

    int aux = 1;

    while (p != 1)
    {
        if (p % 2)
            aux *= n;

        n *= n;

        n %= mod;

        p /= 2;
    }

    fout << (n * aux) % mod;

    fin.close();
    fout.close();
    return 0;
}