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

#define pb push_back
using ll = long long;

const string fn = "file";


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

const ll mod = 1999999973;

ll n, p;

ll pwr(ll a, ll n) {

    ll ans = 1LL;

    while (n) {
        if (n & 1)
            ans = 1ll * ans * a % mod;
        a = 1ll * a * a % mod;
        n >>= 1;
    }
    return ans;
}

int main() {

    fin >> n >> p;
    fout << pwr(n, p) << '\n';
    fin.close();
    fout.close();
    return 0;
}