#include<cstdio>
typedef unsigned int uint;
const uint _MOD = 1999999973;

uint pow(uint baza, uint putere)
{
    if (putere==1) return baza % _MOD;
    else
    {
        if (putere%2==0)
            return (unsigned long long) pow(baza, putere/2) * pow(baza, putere/2) % _MOD;
        else
            return (unsigned long long) (pow(baza, putere/2)*pow(baza, putere/2) % _MOD) * (unsigned long long) pow(baza, 1) % _MOD;
    }
}

int main()
{
    freopen("lgput.in", "r", stdin);
    freopen("lgput.out", "w", stdout);
    uint B, P;
    scanf("%u %u",&B,&P);
    printf("%u", pow(B, P));
    return 0;
}