#include<algorithm>
#include<bitset>
#include<cmath>
#include<cstdio>
#include<cstdlib>
#include<cstring>
#include<ctime>
#include<deque>
#include<fstream>
#include<iomanip>
#include<iostream>
#include<map>
#include<queue>
#include<set>
#include<stack>
#include<unordered_map>
#include<unordered_set>
#include<utility>
#include<vector>

using namespace std;

#ifdef HOME
const string inputFile = "input.txt";
const string outputFile = "output.txt";
#else
const string problemName = "lgput";
const string inputFile = problemName + ".in";
const string outputFile = problemName + ".out";
#endif

const int MOD = 1999999973;

int expLog(int B, int E) {
    int i, Q = B, sol = 1;

    for(i = E; i; i /= 2) {
        if(i & 1)
            sol = (sol * 1LL * Q) % MOD;
        Q = (Q * 1LL * Q) % MOD;
    }

    return sol;
}

int main() {
    int n, p;

#ifndef ONLINE_JUDGE
    freopen(inputFile.c_str(), "r", stdin);
    freopen(outputFile.c_str(), "w", stdout);
#endif

    scanf("%d%d", &n, &p);

    printf("%d\n", expLog(n, p));

    return 0;
}