#include <fstream>

using namespace std;

ifstream cin("lgput.in");
ofstream cout("lgput.out");

int main()
{
    long long n, p;
    cin >> n >> p;
    long long r = 1;
    long long mod = 1999999973;
    n %= mod;
    while (p) {
        if (p & 1) {
            r = (r * n) % mod;
        }
        n = (n * n) % mod;
        p >>= 1;
    }
    cout << r;
    return 0;
}