#include <iostream>

using namespace std;
const int m = 1999999973;

int main() {
    int n, p;
    long long a, sol = 1;
    freopen("lgput.in", "r", stdin);
    freopen("lgput.out", "w", stdout);
    cin >> n >> p;
    a = n;
    while (p > 0) {
        if (p % 2 == 1) {
            sol = (sol * a) % m;
        }
        a = (a * a) % m;
        p /= 2;
    }
    cout << sol;
}