#include<stdio.h>
#include<string.h>
int main()
{
    freopen("lgput.in","r",stdin);
	freopen("lgput.out","w",stdout);
    int n,p,i;
    long long m= 1999999973,sol=1,a;
	scanf("%d %d",&n,&p);
	a=n;
	for (i=0;(1<<i)<=p;++i)
	{
		if(((1<<i)&p)>0)
			sol= (sol*a)%m;
		a=(a*a)%m;
	}
	printf("%lld\n", sol);
}