Re: Calling all math whizzes

[Chris Morton <salt -dot- morton -at- gmail -dot- com>]

I answered my own question about using *2<sup>80</sup>*.

Wouldn't this be more commonly understood by non-math majors.

On Mon, Oct 13, 2014 at 10:56 AM, Chris Morton <salt -dot- morton -at- gmail -dot- com>
wrote:

> Thanks... will the intended audience understand?
>
> Doesn't HTML support superscript? (It's been awhile since I dabbled in
> HTML.)
>
> On Mon, Oct 13, 2014 at 10:54 AM, Robert Lauriston <robert -at- lauriston -dot- com>
> wrote:
>
>> Yes. It's commonly used when superscript is not available.
>>
>> On Mon, Oct 13, 2014 at 10:49 AM, Chris Morton <salt -dot- morton -at- gmail -dot- com>
>> wrote:
>> > I've never seen this nomenclature before: 2^80
>> >
>> > Does this mean 2 to the 80th power?
>> >
>> > Is there a better way to express it, such as eliminating the carat and
>> > superscripting the 80?
>>
>
>

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