#include <cstdio>
#include <algorithm>
using namespace std;
#define N 1999999973
long long p,n;

long long lgp(long long p)
{
    if(p==0) return 1;
    if(p%2==1)
        return (n*lgp(p-1))%N;
    long long x=lgp(p/2);
    return (x*x)%N;
}

int main()
{
    freopen("lgput.in","r",stdin);
    freopen("lgput.out","w",stdout);
    scanf("%lld%lld",&n,&p);
    printf("%lld\n",lgp(p));
    return 0;
}