#include <bits/stdc++.h>
#define ll long long
#define all(a) (a).begin(), (a).end()
#pragma GCC optimize("O3")
#pragma GCC optimize("Ofast")
#pragma GCC target("sse,sse2,sse3,ssse3,sse4,popcnt,abm,mmx,avx,tune=native")
#define sz() size()
#define fr first
#define sc second
#define pb push_back
#define er erase
#define in insert
#define pi pair<int,int>
#define pii pair<pair<int,int>,int>
#define mp make_pair
#define int long long
#define rc(s) return cout<<s,0
#define rcc(s) cout<<s,exit(0)
///#define cin fin
///#define cout fout
using namespace std;

const int nmax=1e3+5;
const int mod=1e9+7;
const int mod1=998244353;

long long inv(long long a, long long b){
    return 1<a ? b - inv(b%a,a)*b/a : 1;
}

int n,p;

const int modp=1999999973;

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

int rpl(int n,int p){
    if(p==0) return 1;
    if(p==1) return n;
    else if(p%2==1){
        return n*(rpl(n,(p-1)/2)%modp)*(rpl(n,(p-1)/2)%modp);
    }
    else return (rpl(n,p/2)%modp)*(rpl(n,p/2)%modp);
}

int32_t main(){
    ios_base::sync_with_stdio(0);cin.tie(0);cout.tie(0);
    fin >> n >> p;
    fout << rpl(n,p);
}