#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
using namespace std;
ifstream in ("lgput.in");
ofstream out ("lgput.out");
int main()
{
    long long n,p,r=1;
    in>>n>>p;
    while (p>0)
    {   if (p%2==0)
            {r=r*n*n;
            p=p-2;}
        else
        {r=r*n;
        p--;}
    }
    out<<r%1999999973;
    return 0;
}