#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;

#define int long long

constexpr int MOD = 1999999973;

int lgput(int a, int n)
{
    int p = 1;
    for(; n; n>>=1) {
        if(n&1)
            p = (p * a) % MOD;
        a = (a * a) % MOD;
    }
    return p % MOD;
}

int32_t main()
{
    ios_base::sync_with_stdio(false);
    cin.tie(nullptr);
    
    freopen("lgput.in", "r", stdin);
    freopen("lgput.out", "w", stdout);
    
    int n, p;
    cin >> n >> p;
    
    cout << lgput(n, p);
    
    return 0;
}