#include<bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
ifstream f("lgput.in");
ofstream g("lgput.out");
typedef long long Int;
const Int Mod=1999999973LL;
Int n,p;
Int putere(Int b, Int e)
{
    if(e==0)
        return 1LL;
    Int r=putere(b,e/2);
    r=r*r%Mod;
    if(e%2)
        r=r*b%Mod;
    return r;
}
int main()
{
    f>>n>>p;
    g<<putere(n,p);
    return 0;
}