#include<cstdio>
using namespace std;
long long i, n, p, a, sol;
int main(){
    freopen("lgput.in","r",stdin);
    freopen("lgput.out","w",stdout);
    scanf("%lld%lld", &n, &p);
    sol=1; a=n;
    for (i=0;(1<<i)<=p;++i) {
        if (((1<<i)&p)>0) sol=(sol*a)%1999999973;
        a=(a*a)%1999999973;
    }
    printf("%lld\n", sol);
    return 0;
}