#include <cstdio>
using namespace std;

long long putere(long long a, long long b)
{
	long long res = 1;

	while(b)
	{
		if(b & 1)
			res = (res * a) % 1999999973;

		a = (a * a) % 1999999973;
		b >>= 1;
	}

	return res;
}

int main()
{

	long long n, p;

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

	scanf("%lld%lld", &n, &p);
	printf("%lld\n", putere(n, p));

	return 0;
}