#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>

using namespace std;

int main()
{
    ifstream fin ("lgput.in");
    ofstream fout ("lgput.out");
    int a,b,c;
    fin>>a>>b;
    if (b==0)
        c=1;
    else if (b==1)
        c=a;
    else
    {
        c=(a*a)%1999999973;
        for (int i=1; i<b/2; i++)
            c=(c*c)%1999999973;
        if (b%2)
            c=(a*c)%1999999973;
    }
    fout<<c;
    return 0;
}