#ifdef LOCAL
#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
ifstream fin("fantastice.in");
ofstream fout("fantastice.out");
#else
#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
ifstream fin("lgput.in");
ofstream fout("lgput.out");
#endif
const long long MOD = 1999999973;
long long n, p;
long long logpow(long long b, long long e){
    long long ans=1;
    while(e!=0){
        if(e%2) ans*=b, ans%=MOD;
        b*=b, b%=MOD;
        e/=2;
    }
    return ans%MOD;
}



signed main()
{
    fin>>n>>p;
    fout<<logpow(n, p);

    return 0;
}