#include <bits/stdc++.h>

using namespace std;

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

const int mod = 1999999973;
int n, p;

int pow(int x, int p)
{
    int aux = 1;
    while(p)
    {
        if(p & 1)
        {
            aux = (1LL * aux * x) % mod;
        }
        x = (1LL * x * x) % mod;
        p /= 2;
    }
    return aux;
}

int main()
{
    fin >> n >> p;
    fout << pow(n, p);
    return 0;
}