#include <bits/stdc++.h>

using namespace std;

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

const int MOD = 1999999973;

long long logpow(long long n, long long p)
{
    long long res = 1;
    while (p)
    {
        if (p & 1)
            res = (res * n) % MOD;
        n = (n * n) % MOD;
        p >>= 1;
    }
    return res;
}

int main()
{
    long long n, p;
    fin >> n >> p;

    fout << logpow(n, p);
    return 0;
}