public class power3 {

    public static void main(String[] args) {

	int val = Integer.parseInt(args[0]);
	int pow = Integer.parseInt(args[1]);
	System.out.println(betterPower(val,pow));
    }

    public static int betterPower(int v, int p) {
	if (p==0) return 1;
	else {
	    int evenPower = betterPower(v, p/2)*betterPower(v, p/2);
	    if (p % 2 == 0) return evenPower;
	    else return evenPower*v;
	}	
    }

}