#include <fstream>
#define mod 1999999973
using namespace std;
ifstream fin ("lgput.in");
ofstream fout ("lgput.out");
long long a,b,rez;
long long f (long long a,long long b)
{
    if (b==0)
        return 1;
    else
    {
        long long p=f (a,b/2)%mod;
        if (b%2==0)
            return (p*p)%mod;
        else
            return ((p*p)%mod*a)%mod;
    }
}
int main()
{
    fin>>a>>b;
    a=a%mod;
    rez=f (a,b);
    fout<<rez;
    return 0;
}