#include <fstream>

using namespace std;
ifstream in("lgput.in");
ofstream out("lgput.out");

int main()
{
    long long n, p, i=1, x, l=1999999973;
    in>>n>>p;
    x=n;
    while(p)
    {
        if(p%2==1)
        {
            i=i*n%l;
        }
        n=n*n%l;
        p/=2;
    }
    out<<i%l;
    return 0;
}