#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
ifstream fin("lgput.in");
ofstream fout("lgput.out");
const int modulo=1999999973;
const int nmax=(1<<32);
///Complexitate log(m)
int n,m;
int main()
{
    int sol=1;
    fin>>n>>m;
    while(m)
    {
        if(m%2)
            sol=1LL*sol*n%modulo;
        m/=2;
        n=1LL*n*n%modulo;
    }
    fout<<sol<<"\n";
    fin.close();
    fout.close();
    return 0;
}