#include <bits/stdc++.h>
#define P 1999999973

using namespace std;

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

long long LogP(int n, int p)
{
    long long rez = 1;
    while (p > 0)
    {
        if (p % 2 == 1)
            rez = 1LL * n * rez % P;
        p /= 2;
        n = 1LL * n * n % P;
    }
    return rez;
}

int main()
{
    long long n, p;
    fin >> n >> p;
    fout << LogP(n, p) << "\n";
    fin.close();
    fout.close();
    return 0;
}