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Superscripts are most commonly used to denote powers, eg \(4^3=64\).
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 \(4^3=64\).
 
There are some other uses of superscripts, see eg [[powers of trigonometric functions]].


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.)

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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.)

  1. But there are some other common uses of superscripts, see eg powers of trigonometric functions.
  2. This number is a guess, I didn't count them.