#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>

using namespace std;

ifstream fin("lgput.in");
ofstream fout("lgput.out");
int n,p;

int putere(int x, int y) {
    if(y<0) return putere(1/x, -y);
    else if(y==0) return 1;
    else if(y==1) return x;
    else if(y%2==1) return x*putere(x*x,(y-1)/2);
    else if(y%2==0) return putere(x*x,y/2);
}

int main()
{
    fin>>n>>p;
    fout<<putere(n,p)%1999999973;
    return 0;
}