#include <cstdio>
using namespace std;
const int MOD=1999999973;
int main()
{
    freopen("lgput.in","r",stdin);
    freopen("lgput.out","w",stdout);
    long long n,p,rez=1LL;
    scanf("%lld%lld",&n,&p);
    while(p)
    {
        if(p&1) rez=(rez*n)%MOD;
        p>>=1;
        n=(n*n)%MOD;
    }
    printf("%lld\n",rez%MOD);
    fclose(stdin);
    fclose(stdout);
    return 0;
}