#include<fstream>
using namespace std;

ifstream f("lgput.in");
ofstream g("lgput.out");

const int k=1999999973;

long long exp(long long x,int n)
{
    if(n==0)
        return 1;
    if(n==1)
        return x;
    if(n%2==0)
        return exp(x*x%k, n/2);
    if(n%2==1)
        return x*exp(x*x%k,(n-1)/2)%k;
}

int main()
{
    long long n,p;
    f>>n>>p;
    g<<exp(n,p)%k;
    return 0;
}