#include<bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;

string numeFisier="lgput";
ifstream fin(numeFisier+".in"); ofstream fout(numeFisier+".out");
#define cin fin
#define cout fout

#define INIT  ios_base :: sync_with_stdio(false); cin.tie(NULL); cout.tie(NULL);mt19937 rng(chrono::steady_clock::now().time_since_epoch().count());
#define mp make_pair
#define pb push_back
#define ft first
#define sc second
#define ll long long
#define pii pair<int, int>
#define count_bits __builtin_popcount
#define int ll

int mod= 1999999973;
int n, m;
int exp(int x, int e){
if(e==0){
    return 1;
}
if(e==1){
    return x%mod;
}
return ((e%2)?( (x%mod)*exp((x*x)%mod, e/2 ) ):exp( (x*x)%mod, e/2 ))%mod;
}


int32_t main(){
INIT
cin>>n>>m;
cout<<exp(n, m);


return 0;
}