#include <iostream>
#include <stdio.h>

using namespace std;
long long int N,P;
const int m = 1999999973;

long long int lg(long long int N , long long int P){
    if(P==0) return 1;
    if(P==1) return N;

    if(P%2==0) return (lg(N*N,P/2))%m;
    else return (N*lg(N*N,(P-1)/2))%m;

}

int main()
{
   FILE *f1,*f2;
   f1=fopen("lgput.in","r");
   f2=fopen("lgput.out","w");
    scanf("%lld",&N);
    scanf("%lld",&P);
    printf("%lld",lg(N,P));

   fclose(f1);
   fclose(f2);
}