#include <bits/stdc++.h>

using namespace std;

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

long long MOD=1999999973;

long long putere(long long n, long long p)
{
    if(p==1) return n%MOD;
    if(p==0) return 1;
    if(p%2==0) return putere(n*n%MOD,p/2)%MOD;
    if(p%2==1) return n%MOD*putere(n*n%MOD,p/2)%MOD;
}

long long n,p;

int main()
{
    fin>>n>>p;
    fout<<putere(n,p)%MOD;
    return 0;
}