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Superscripts are most commonly<ref> | Superscripts are most commonly<ref>But there are some other common uses of superscripts, see eg [[powers of trigonometric functions]].</ref> used to denote powers, eg \(4^3=64\). | ||
Superscripts are also commonly used to mark footnotes. If there is a footnote about a number, this can lead to an ambiguity, for example: there are 47<ref>This number is a guess, I didn't count them.</ref> pages on this wiki. (Wiki styling puts square brackets around this reference, making this less ambiguous, but this is not always the case elsewhere.) | Superscripts are also commonly used to mark footnotes. If there is a footnote about a number, this can lead to an ambiguity, for example: there are 47<ref>This number is a guess, I didn't count them.</ref> pages on this wiki. (Wiki styling puts square brackets around this reference, making this less ambiguous, but this is not always the case elsewhere.) | ||
Latest revision as of 14:33, 3 August 2021
Superscripts are most commonly[1] used to denote powers, eg \(4^3=64\).
Superscripts are also commonly used to mark footnotes. If there is a footnote about a number, this can lead to an ambiguity, for example: there are 47[2] pages on this wiki. (Wiki styling puts square brackets around this reference, making this less ambiguous, but this is not always the case elsewhere.)
- ↑ But there are some other common uses of superscripts, see eg powers of trigonometric functions.
- ↑ This number is a guess, I didn't count them.
