#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;


const int mod = 1999999973;
const string FILENAME = "lgput";

ifstream fin(FILENAME + ".in");
ofstream fout(FILENAME + ".out");

int a, b;

int log_pow(int a, int b)
{
    long long p = 1;
    while(b)
    {
        if(b & 1)
            p = 1ll * p * a % mod;
        a = 1ll * a * a % mod;
        b >>= 1;
    }
    return p;
}

int main()
{
    fin >> a >> b;
    fout << log_pow(a, b) << "\n";
    fin.close();
    fout.close();
    return 0;
}