#include<cstdio>
using namespace std;
int m=1999999973;
long long n,k=1,p,n1=1,n2;
int main()
{
	freopen("lgput.in","r",stdin);
	freopen("lgput.out","w",stdout);
	scanf("%lld %lld\n",&n,&p);
	n=n%m;n2=n;
	while(p>1)
	{
		while(k<=p/2)
		{
			n2=((n2%m)*(n2%m))%m;
			k=k*2;
		}
	p=p-k;
	n1=(n1*n2)%m;
	n2=n;
	k=1;
	}
	if(p==1) n1=(n1*n)%m;
	printf("%lld\n",n1);
	fclose(stdin);fclose(stdout);
	return 0;
}