#include<cstdio>
long long putere(long long a, long long b)
    {int p,N=1999999973;
    p=1;
    while(b)
        {if(b%2==1)
            {p=(p*a)%N;
            b--;
            }
        a=(a*a)%N;
        b=b/2;
        }
    return p;
    }
int main()
{
freopen("lgput.in","r",stdin);
freopen("lgput.out","w",stdout);
long long a,b,p;
scanf("%lld%lld",&a,&b);
p=putere(a,b);
printf("%lld",p);
return 0;
}