#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;

ifstream fin("lgput.in");
ofstream fout("lgput.out");


long long a,b;

long long P(long long a, long long b)
{
    if(b==0) return 1;
    if(b==1) return a;
    else
    {
        int c=P(a,b/2);
        if(b%2==0) return (c*c)%1999999973;
        else return (((c*c)%1999999973)*a)%1999999973;
    }
}


int main()
{
    fin>>a>>b;
    fout<<P(a,b);
    return 0;
}