#include <bits/stdc++.h>

using namespace std;

ifstream fin("lgput.in");
ofstream fout("lgput.out");
#define cin fin
#define cout fout

#define N 20
#define mod 1999999973
int a, b;

unsigned long long fa(int a, int b)
{
        if(b == 0)return 1;
        if(b%2 == 1)
        {
                return (a*fa(a,b-1))%mod;
        }
        unsigned long long p = fa(a,b/2);
        return (p*p)%mod;
}

int main()
{
    cin>> a >> b;
    cout << fa(a,b);
    return 0;
}