#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 mod=1e9+7;
const int mod1=998244353;

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

int n,p;

const int modp=1999999973;

int lgp(int x,int y){
    if(y==0) return 1LL;
    else if(y==1) return x;
    else{
        if(y%2==1) return (((x*lgp(x,y/2))%modp)*lgp(x,y/2))%modp;
        return (lgp(x,y/2)*lgp(x,y/2))%modp;
    }
}

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