#include<fstream>
using namespace std;
ifstream f("lgput.in");
ofstream g("lgput.out");
#define m 1999999973
int n,x;

/*long long putere(int x,int n)
{
	int k=n;long long a;
	if(n==0) return 1;
	else
		if(k%2==0)
			{a=putere(x,n/2)%m;return a*a%m;}
		else
			return ((putere(x,n-1))*x%m)%m;
}*/

long long putere(long long x,long long n)
{
	long long p=1;
	while(n)
	{
		if(n&1)
		{
			p=(p*x)%m;
			n--;
		}
		x=(x*x)%m;
		n>>=1;
	}
	return p%m;
}

int main()
{
	f>>x>>n;
	g<<putere(x,n);
	return 0;
}