#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>

const int MOD = 1999999973;

int power(int x, int n){
    if(n == 0){
        return 1;
    }
    if(n == 1){
        return x % MOD;
    }
    if(n % 2 == 0){
        return power(x, n / 2) * power(x, n / 2) % MOD;
    }
    if(n % 2 == 1){
        return x * power(x, (n - 1) / 2) * power(x, (n - 1) / 2) % MOD;
    }
}

int main(){
    std::ifstream fin("lgput.in");
    std::ofstream fout("lgput.out");

    int n, p;
    fin >> n >> p;

    fout << power(n, p);

    fin.close();
    fout.close();
    return 0;
}