#include <iostream>

using namespace std;
//ifstream in ("lgput.in");
//ofstream out ("lgput.out");
int putere(int x,int p){
    int mod= 1999999973;
    if(p==0) return 1;
    long long int aux=putere(x,p/2);
    if(p%2==0) return aux*aux%mod;
    return x*aux*aux;
}
int main(){
    int x, p;
    cin>>x;
    cin>>p;
    cout<<putere(x,p);
    return 0;
}