Exponentiation

Exponentiation is the mathematical operation of raising a number to a power. The number being raised is called the base, and the power to which it is raised is called the exponent. The result of exponentiation is called the power or the result of raising the base to the exponent.

Notation

Exponentiation is often denoted using the caret (^) symbol. For example, 2^3 represents 2 raised to the power of 3, which is equal to 8. In HTML, this can be written as 2³ = 8.

Example

To illustrate, let's consider the expression 4^2. This means 4 raised to the power of 2, which equals 16. In HTML, this can be written as 4² = 16.

Properties

Exponentiation has several properties, such as the product of powers property (a^m * a^n = a^(m+n)), the power of a power property ((a^m)^n = a^(m*n)), and the power of one property (a^1 = a).