#include<stdio.h>
int main()
{
	int a,n,p;
	p=1;
	freopen("problema.in","r",stdin);
	freopen("problema.out","w",stdout);
	scanf("%d%d",&a,&n);
	while(n!=0)
	{
		if(n%2!=0) p=p*a;
		a=a*a;
		n=n/2;
	}
	p=p%1999999973;
	printf("%d",p);
	return 0;
}