#include <fstream>

#define MOD 1999999973
#define LLI long long int

using namespace std;

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

int n, p;

int logPow(int n, int p)
{
    int result = 1;

    while(p){
        if(p & 1)
            result = (1LL * result * n) % MOD;

        p >>= 1;
        n = (1LL * n * n) % MOD;
    }

    return result;
}

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