#include <fstream>
using namespace std;
unsigned long long int v[100];
int main()
{
    ifstream cin ("lgput.in");
    ofstream cout ("lgput.out");
    unsigned long long int a,b,cnt=0,prod=1;
    cin>>a>>b;
    while(b>0)
    {
        cnt++;
        v[cnt]=b%2;
        b/=2;
    }
    for(int i=cnt;i>=1;i--)
    {
        if(v[i]==1)
            prod=(prod*prod)%1999999973,prod=(prod*a)%1999999973;
        else
            prod=(prod*prod)%1999999973;
    }
    cout<<prod;
    return 0;
}