SuperscriptBox

SuperscriptBox[x, y] represents in input and output.

Inside \( ... \) SuperscriptBox[x, y] can be input as x \^ y.

In a notebook a SuperscriptBox can be created using 6 or ^. moves out of the superscript.

In StandardForm and InputForm, SuperscriptBox[x, y] is interpreted on input as Power[x, y].

The baseline of SuperscriptBox[x, y] is taken to be the baseline of x.

SuperscriptBox[x, y] is usually output with y in a smaller font than x.

In StandardForm, explicit SuperscriptBox objects are output literally. You can use DisplayForm to see the display form of such objects.

See Section 2.9.10.

See also: SubscriptBox, SubsuperscriptBox, OverscriptBox, ScriptSizeMultipliers.

New in Version 3.