#include <fstream>

using namespace std;

const int m=1999999973;

int main()
{
    ifstream in ("lgput.in");
    ofstream out ("lgput.out");
    long long int n, p;
    in >> n >> p;
    int sol=1;
    while(p)
    {
        if(p%2)
        {
            sol=sol*n%m;
        }
        n=n*n%m;
        p/=2;
    }
    out << sol;
    return 0;
}