#include<fstream>
using namespace std;

long long rez, n, p;

long long Lgput(long long p){
	if (p == 0) return 1;
	if (p % 2 == 1) return Lgput (p-1) * n % 1999999973;
	else {
		long long x = Lgput (p/2) ;
		return x * x % 1999999973;
	}
}

int main(){
	ifstream fin("lgput.in");
	ofstream fout("lgput.out");
	
	fin>>n>>p;
	rez = Lgput(p);
	fout<<rez<<"\n";
	return 0;
}