#include <bits/stdc++.h>

using namespace std;

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

int lgput(unsigned long long a, unsigned long long b)
{
    if(b==0)
    {
        return 1;
    }
    if(b==1)
    {
        return a;
    }
    if(b%2==1){
        return a*lgput(a, b-1);
    }
    return lgput(a*a, b/2);
}

int main()
{
    unsigned long long a,b;
    in>>a>>b;
    out<<lgput(a,b)%1999999973;
    return 0;
}