#include<fstream>
using namespace std;

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

const int mod=1999999973;

int main()
{
	int n,p,r=1;
	in>>n>>p;
	while(p)
	{
		if (p%2)
			r=r*n%mod;
		n=n*n%mod;
		p/=2;
	}
	out<<r<<"\n";
	return 0;
}