#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
 
typedef long long ll;
typedef vector<int> vi;
typedef pair<int, int> pi;
#define pb push_back
#define mp make_pair
#define f first
#define s second

ll m = 1999999973;

long long binpow(long long a, long long b, long long m) {
    a %= m;
    long long res = 1;
    while (b > 0) {
        if (b & 1)
            res = res * a % m;
        a = a * a % m;
        b >>= 1;
    }
    return res;
}
 
void solve(){
    ll a, b;
    cin >> a >> b;
    cout << binpow(a, b, m) << '\n';
}  
 
int main(){
    freopen("lgput.in", "r", stdin);
    freopen("lgput.out", "w", stdout);
    ios::sync_with_stdio(0); cin.tie(0);
    int t = 1;
    //cin >> t;
    while(t--){
        solve();
    }
}