#include <bits/stdc++.h>

using namespace std;
ifstream fin("lgput.in");
ofstream fout("lgput.out");
const int mod = 1999999973;
int N,P;

inline int LgPow(int x, int p)
{
    int aux = 1;
    while(p)
    {
        if(p & 1) aux = (1LL * aux * x) %mod;
        x = (1LL * x * x) %mod;
        p /= 2;
    }
    return aux;
}


int main()
{
    fin >> N >> P;
    fout << LgPow(N,P) << "\n";
    return 0;
}