#include <fstream>
using namespace std;

const int MOD=1999999973;

long long n,p;

long long fastPow(long long a,long long b){
    long long res=1;

    while(b>0){
        if(b&1)
            res=(res*a)%MOD;
        a=(a*a)%MOD;

        b/=2;
    }

    return res;
}

int main(){
    ifstream cin("lgput.in");
    ofstream cout("lgput.out");

    cin>>n>>p;
    cout<<fastPow(n,p);

    return 0;
}