#include <cstdio>

using namespace std;

int n,p;

long long putere (long long n,long long p){
    if (p == 0)
        return 1;
    else{
        long long y = putere (n,p/2);
        if (p%2 == 0)
            return y*y%1999999973;
        else
            return y*y%1999999973*n%1999999973;
    }

}


int main (){

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

    scanf ("%d%d",&n,&p);

    printf ("%d",putere(n,p));


    return 0;
}