#include<cstdio>
long long a,rez,put,i;
int main()
{
    freopen("lgput.in","r",stdin);
    freopen("lgput.out","w",stdout);
    scanf("%d%d",&a,&put);
    rez=1;
    a=a%1999999973;
    for(i=1;i<=put;i++)
    {
        if(put%2==0)
        {
            a=((a%1999999973)*(a%1999999973))%1999999973;
            put=put/2;
        }
        else
        {
          rez=(rez*a)%1999999973;
          put--;
        }
    }
    rez=(rez*a)%1999999973;
    printf("%lld",rez%1999999973);
    return 0;
}