#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
using ll=long long;
ifstream fin("lgput.in");
ofstream fout("lgput.out");
ll n, p;
const ll mod=1999999973;
ll er(const ll b, const ll e)
{
    if(e==0) return 1;
    if(e&1) return b*er(b, e/2)%mod;
    const ll p=er(b, e/2)%mod;
    return p*p%mod;
}
ll pow(const ll b, const ll e)
{
    if(b==0) return 0;
    if(b==1) return 1;
    if(e==0) return 1;
    if(e==1) return b;
    return er(b%mod, e);
}
int main()
{
    fin>>n>>p;
    fout<<pow(n, p)<<endl;
    return 0;
}