#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
using namespace std;
ifstream in("lgput.in");
ofstream out("lgput.out");

const int mod = 1999999973;

int lgput(int n, int p) {
    if(p == 1)
        return n % mod;
    if(p == 0)
        return 1;
    if(p % 2 == 0) {
        int x = lgput(n, p / 2); // calculam n ^ (p/2)
        return (1LL * x * x) % mod;
    }
    else {
        int x = lgput(n, p / 2);
        return (1LL * ((1LL * x * x) % mod)  * n) % mod;
    }
}

int main()
{
    int n, p;
    in >> n >> p;
    n = n % mod;
    out << lgput(n, p);
    return 0;
}