#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>

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

long long pow(long long x, long long exp) {
    if (exp == 0) return 1;
    x %= MOD;
    long long a = 1;
    if (exp % 2) a = x;
    long long aux = pow(x, exp / 2);
    aux = (aux * aux) % MOD;
    return (aux * a) % MOD;
}

int main() {
    long long n, p;
    fin >> n >> p;
    fout << pow(n, p);
    return 0;
}