#include <cstdio>

using namespace std;
const int R=1999999973;
long long x,p,rez;

long long putere(long long x, long long p)
{
    long long f;
    if(p==1)
        return x;
    if(p%2==1)
    return putere(x*x,p/2)*x%R;
    return putere(x*x,p/2)%R;
}

int main()
{
    freopen("lgput.in","r",stdin);
    freopen("lgput.out","w",stdout);
    scanf("%d%d",&x,&p);
    rez=putere(x,p);
    printf("%d",rez);
    return 0;
}