#include<cstdio>

using namespace std;

typedef long long int LL;
const int MOD = 1999999973;

LL N,P;

inline LL Exp(LL B,LL E)
{
    if(E==0) return 1LL;
    if(E==1) return B;
    LL t=Exp(B,E/2);
    return ((t*t)%MOD*Exp(B,E%2))%MOD;
}

int main()
{
    freopen("lgput.in","r",stdin);
    freopen("lgput.out","w",stdout);

    scanf("%lld%lld",&N,&P);

    N%=MOD;

    printf("%lld\n",Exp(N,P));

    return 0;
}