#include <fstream>

using namespace std;

    ifstream fin("lgput.in");
    ofstream fout("lgput.out");

const long long MOD=1999999973;

long long exp(long long a, long long p)
{
    a %= MOD;
    long long ans = 1;
    for (; p; p >>= 1)
    {
        if (p % 2)
            ans = (a*ans) % MOD;
        a = (a*a) % MOD;
    }
    return ans;
}

int main()
{
    long long n, p;
    fin >> n >> p;
    fout << exp(n, p);
}