#include<fstream>
#define M 1999999973
using namespace std;

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

unsigned long long n, p;

int main()
{
    f>>n>>p;
    unsigned long long val = 1;
    for(unsigned long long i = p ; i; i >>= 1)
    {
        if(i & 1) val = (val * n) % M;
        n = (n * n) % M;
    }
    g<<val<<'\n';
    g.close();
    return 0;
}