#include <stdio.h>

using namespace std;
int putere(int a, int b){
    if(b==0) return 1;
    if(b==1) return a;
    else{
        if(b%2==0) return (long long)putere(a,b/2)*putere(a,b/2)%1999999973;
        else return a*(long long)putere(a,b/2)*putere(a,b/2)%1999999973;
        }
    }
int main()
{
    freopen("lgput.in", "r", stdin);
    freopen("lgput.out", "w", stdout);
    int a,b;
    scanf("%d %d", &a, &b);
    printf("%d",putere(a,b));
    return 0;
}