#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
using namespace std;

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

const long long MOD = 1999999973;

long long epq(long long b, long long p)
{
    long long aux = 1;
    while(p > 1)
    {
        if(p%2)
        {
            aux = (aux * b) % MOD;
        }
        b*=b;
        b%=MOD;
        p/=2;
    }
    b = (b*aux) % MOD;
    return b;
}

int main()
{
    long long x, y;
    fin>>x>>y;
    fout<<epq(x, y);
    fin.close();
    fout.close();
}