#include <fstream>

using namespace std;

const long long mod=1999999973;

long long putere(int n,int p)
{
    if(p==0)
        return 1;
    long long x=putere(n,p/2);
    if(p%2==0)
        return (x*x)%mod;
    return (x*x*n)%mod;
}

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

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