#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
using namespace std;
int n,p,x,mod=1999999973;
int main()
{freopen("lgput.in", "r", stdin);
freopen("lgput.out", "w", stdout);
scanf("%d%d", &n, &p);
x=1;
while(p)
{
    if(p==1)
    {
        printf("%d", (x*n)%mod);
        return 0;
    }
    if(p%2)
    {
        x=(x*n)%mod;
    }
    p=p/2;
    n=(n*n)%mod;
}

printf("%d", n);

    return 0;
}