#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>

using namespace std;

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

int main()
{

    long long x, p, c=0,i;
    in>>x>>p;
    if(p%2==0)
        c=x;

    i=x*x;

    if(p==1)
        x=x;
    else if(p==0)
        x=1;
    else
    {
        while(p>1)
        {
            x*=i;
            p-=2;
        }

        if(c>0)
            x/=c;

    }

    out<<x;

    return 0;
}