#include    <iostream>
#include    <fstream>

using namespace std;

ifstream in("lgput.in");
ofstream out("lgput.out");

const int mod = 1999999973;
#define ll long long

int lgput(int a, int b) {
  int r = 1;
  while(b){
    if ( b % 2 == 1)
      r = (1LL *r * a) % mod;
    a = (1LL * a * a) % mod;
    b /= 2;
  }
  return r;
 }

int main()
{
  int a, b;
  in >> a >> b;
  out<<lgput(a, b);
}