What does the symbol ^ mean in mathematics?
As being written before it refers to the exponent and is used mainly in computer programming. As you may already know it is difficult to achive a superscript or subscript character when typing in answers or questions to Yahoo Answers as the text is written in the ASCII code. The extended version of ASCII (EASCII) only allows for superscripts 1(¹ EASCII 251), 2 (² EASCII 253) and 3 (³ EASCII 252) thus people use the carat (^) symbol instead, even in the case of something like 10². If you wish to type in the the superscripts for 1,2,3 then with Num Lock on hold down the Alt key and type the EASCII number into the numeric keypad.
