#include <fstream>
#define NR 1999999973
using namespace std;

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

long long n, p;

long long exp(long long a, long long b)
{
    if (b == 0)
        return 1;
    long long p1 = exp(a, b / 2) % NR;

    if (b % 2 == 0)
        return p1 * p1 % NR;
    return a * p1 * p1 % NR;
}

long long exp2(long long a, long long b)
{
    int p = 1;
    while (b)
    {
        if (b % 2)
           p = (p % NR * a) % NR;
        a = (a * a) % NR;
        b /= 2;
    }
    return p % NR;
}

int main()
{
    fin >> n >> p;
    fout << exp2(n, p);
    return 0;
}