#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>

using namespace std;

int lgput(int x, int n) {
    if (n < 0) {
        return lgput (1 / x, -n);
    } else if (n == 0) {
        return 1;
    } else if (n == 1) {
        return x;
    } else if (n % 2 == 0) {
        return lgput (x * x, n / 2);
    } else {
        return x * lgput(x * x, (n - 1)/2);
    }
}

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

    int n, p, remainder;
    fin >> n >> p;
    remainder = lgput(n, p) % 1999999973;
    fout << remainder;

    return 0;
}