#include <iostream>
#include<cstdio>
using namespace std;

const int mod=1999999973;

 int logput(int x,int p)
{
    if(p == 0)
        return 1;
    else if(p == 1)
        return x;
    int ret = 1;
    if(p % 2 == 0)
    {
        ret = logput(x,p/2);
        ret *= ret;
        ret %= mod;
    }
    else
    {
        ret = logput(x,(p-1)/2);
        ret *= ret;
        ret *= x;
        ret %= mod;
    }
    return ret;
}

int main()
{
    freopen("lgput.in","r",stdin);
    freopen("lgput.out","w",stdout);
    int x,p;
    cin>>x;
    cin>>p;
    cout<<logput(x,p);
    return 0;
}