#include <fstream>
using namespace std;

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

const long long MOD = 1999999973;

long long a;

long long fastpow( long long b ){

    if(b==0) return 1;

    if(b%2) return ((a%MOD)*(fastpow(b-1)%MOD)) % MOD;

    int val = fastpow(b/2)%MOD;

    return ((val%MOD)*(val%MOD))%MOD;

}

int main()
{
    long long b;

    cin >> a >> b;

    cout << fastpow(b)%MOD;

    return 0;
}