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


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


const int mod=1999999973;


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


int main()
{
    int n,k;
    fin>>n>>k;
    fout<<lg(n,k);
    return 0;
}