#include <bits/stdc++.h>

const int MOD = 1999999973;

int a, b;

long long lgpow(int base, int exp) {
  long long ans = 1;
  while (exp > 0) {
    if ((exp & 1) > 0) {
      ans = (1LL * ans * base) % MOD;
    }
    exp >>= 1;
    base = (1LL * base % MOD * base) % MOD;
  }
  return ans % MOD;
}

int main() {
  freopen("lgput.in", "r", stdin);
  freopen("lgput.out", "w", stdout);
  scanf("%d %d", &a, &b);
  printf("%lld", lgpow(a, b) % MOD);
  return 0;
}