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10873629 No.10873629 [Reply] [Original]

why do people use superscripts for anything but exponentials

>> No.10873634
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>>10873629
nobody would get shit done if they had to agree upon notation that worked in every case first

>> No.10873647

an ion with it's charge

1st 2nd 3rd 4th but with the two letters being superscripted

>> No.10873922

electron configuration of Uranium:
[Rn] [math] \mathrm{5f^{3}6d^{1}7s^{2}}[/math]

>> No.10874680

>>10873629
It's good for labelling something just like subscripts, if you get it confused just make your superscripts for labels small and the power indices bigger and more distinctive

>> No.10874699

>>10873629
Because I don't use them for exponentials, and therefore there is no ambiguity.

>> No.10874705

>>10873629
cause oftentimes you need more than one index, or sometimes the position of the index represents something (covariant vs contravariant)

>> No.10874733

>>10873629
That is the "Zoidberg Code."