#include <fstream>
#define MOD 1999999973
using namespace std;
ifstream fin("lgput.in");
ofstream fout("lgput.out");

long long lgput(int n, int p)
{
    long long r=1;
    while(p)
    {
        if(p%2)
            r*=n%MOD;
        n=n*n%MOD;
        p/=2;
    }
    return r%MOD;
}
int main()
{
    int n, p;
    fin>>n>>p;
    fout<<lgput(n, p);
    return 0;
}