#include <cstdio>

#define X 1999999973

long long pow(long long a, long long b)
{
	if ( b == 0 ) return 1;
	if ( b%2 == 0 )
		return pow(a*a%X, b/2);
	else
		return a*pow(a*a%X, b/2)%X;
}

int main()
{
	long long x, y, z;

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

	scanf("%lld%lld", &x, &y);
	z = pow(x, y);
	printf("%lld", z);
}