Caret Symbol

The caret symbol is used to represent exponentiation, usually when entering in an expression using a keyboard.

Format Display Data
Image Caret Symbol (^) Download SVG ↓
TeX 
\text{\textasciicircum}
Unicode ^ 
94

Usage

Exponent Computing
Exponent Computing | Notation

When computing an expression which contains the exponent operator, the caret symbol is often used in place of what normally would be superscript text.