#include<iostream>
#include<fstream>
#include<stdio.h>
#include<string.h>

using namespace std;

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

const int m = 1999999973;

int main()
{
    unsigned int n, i, p;
    long long a, sol = 1;

    fin >> n >> p;

    a = n;
    for(int i = 0; (1 << i) <= p; i++)
    {
        if(((1 << i) && p) > 0)
            sol = (sol * a) % m;

            a = (a * a) % m;
    }

    fout << sol; 

    return 0;
}