#include <cstdio>
using namespace std;
long long p=1,a,b;

int main()
{
    freopen("lgput.in","r",stdin);
    freopen("lgput.out","w",stdout);
    scanf("%lld%lld",&a,&b);
    while(b!=0)
    {
        if(b%2!=0)
        {
            p=(p*a)%1999999973;
            b--;
        }
        else
        {
            a=(a*a)%1999999973;
            b/=2;
        }
    }
    printf("%lld",p);
    return 0;
}