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

printf("%lld", x);

    return 0;
}