#include <fstream>

using namespace std;

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

const int MOD = 1999999973;

int main()
{
    long long n, p, res = 1;

    fin >> n >> p;

    while (p)
    {
        if (p & 1)
            res = (res * n) % MOD;
        // p /= 2;
        p = (p >> 1);

        if (p == 0)
            break;

        n = (n * n) % MOD;
    }

    fout << res << '\n';

    return 0;
}