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

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

const int MOD = 1999999973;

int lgput(int n, int p) {
    if(p == 0) {
        return 1;
    }
    if(p == 1) {
        return n;
    }

    if(p % 2 == 0) {
        return lgput((n * n) % MOD, p / 2);
    } else {
        return (n * lgput((n * n) % MOD, p / 2)) % MOD;
    }
}

int main() {
    ios::sync_with_stdio(false); in.tie(0); out.tie(0);

    int n, p; in >> n >> p;

    out << lgput(n, p) << "\n";
 
    in.close(); out.close();
 
    return 0;
}