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

const long long mod = 1999999973;
long long n,p;

long long pow(long long base,long long exp)
{
    long long p = 1;
    while(exp)
    {
        if(exp&1)
            p=(p*base)%mod;
        base=(base*base)%mod;
        exp/=2;
    }
    return p;
}

int main()
{
    fin>>n>>p;
    fout<<pow(n,p);
}