#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
using namespace std;
ifstream in("lgput.in");
ofstream out("lgput.out");

int main()
{

    long long int n,p;
    in >> n >> p;
    long long mod = 1999999973,base = n, res = 1;

    while(p)
    {
        if (p&1)
        {
            res = ((res%mod)*(base%mod))%mod;
        }
        base  = ((base%mod)*(base%mod))%mod;
        p >>=1;
    }
    out << res%mod;
    return 0;
}