#include <stdio.h>
#define inff 1999999973
using namespace std;

long long x, n;


void read()
{
    scanf("%ll %ll", &x, &n);
}


long long solve(long long x, long long n)
{
    if(n == 0)
        return 1;

    if(n % 2 == 0)
        return solve(x * x, n / 2) % inff;
    else
        return (x * solve(x * x, (n - 1)/2)) % inff;
}



int main()
{
    freopen("lgput.in","r",stdin);
    freopen("lgput.out","w",stdout);

    read();

    printf("%ll", solve(x, n));

    fclose(stdin);
    fclose(stdout);

    return 0;
}