#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>

using namespace std;
ifstream fin("lgput.in");
ofstream fout("lgput.out");
const long long MOD = 1999999973;

long long pow (long long x, long long exp) {
    if (exp == 0) return 1;
    long long a = 1;
    if (exp % 2) a *= x;
    long long aux = pow(x, exp / 2);
    return (aux * aux * a) % MOD;
}
int main()
{
    long n, p;
    fin >> n >> p;
    fout << (1LL * pow(n, p)) % MOD;
    return 0;
}