#include <fstream>
using namespace std;

#define NUME "lgput"
#define P  1999999973
ifstream fi(NUME".in");
ofstream fo(NUME".out");

int main()
{
    long long n, q, rez;
    fi >> n >> q;
    rez = 1;
    for (; q; q >>= 1) {
        if (q & 1)
            rez = (rez * n) % P;
        n = (n*n) % P;
    }
    fo << rez << endl;
    return 0;
}