#include <iostream>
#include <stdio.h>
using namespace std;

long long PowR(int a, int b) {
    if (b == 0) return 1;
    if (b == 1) return a;
    if (b % 2) return (a * PowR(a, b - 1)) % 1999999973;
    else return (PowR(a, b/2) * PowR(a, b/2)) % 1999999973;
}

int main() { //metoda "optimizata" yupi
    freopen("lgput.in", "r", stdin);
    freopen("lgput.out", "w", stdout);
    int a,b;
    cin >> a >> b;
    cout << PowR(a,b);
}