#include <fstream>
using namespace std;
ifstream cin("lgput.in");
ofstream cout("lgput.out");
#define M 1999999973
#define ll long long
ll n,p;
ll pow(ll x,ll n)
{
    if (n==1) return x%M;
    if (n%2) return ((x%M)*(pow(((x%M)*(x%M))%M,(n-1)/2)%M))%M;
    return pow(((x%M)*(x%M))%M,n/2)%M;
}
int main()
{
    cin>>n>>p;
    cout<<pow(n,p)%M;
}