#include <fstream>
using namespace std;
ofstream fout("lgput.out");
ifstream fin("lgput.in");
const int m = 1999999973;

long long n, p, sol;

int main()
{
    fin >> n >> p;

    for(long long i=n; p; p>>=1) {
        if(p & 1) sol = (sol * i) % m;
        i = (i * i) % m;
    }
    fout << sol << '\n';

    fin.close();
    fout.close();
    return 0;
}