#include<stdlib.h>
#include<cstdio>

const int m = 1999999973;

int main()
{long long p,n,i, a,rez;

freopen("lgput.in","r",stdin);
freopen("lgput.out","w",stdout);

scanf("%lld %lld", &n, &p);

    a = n; rez = 1;
    for (i = 0; (1<<i) <= p; ++i)
        {
        if ( ((1<<i) & p) > 0)
                
                    rez = (rez * a) % m;
                    
                a = (a * a) % m;
         }
    printf("%lld",rez);

return 0;
}