How to typeset the symbol “^” (caret/circumflex/hat)

Question

I need to display the symbol '^'

d <- dist(fascores, method = "euclidean")^2

How do I do that?

Answers from How to look up a symbol are valid in this case. However, there are more options for circumflex than for most symbols ;) — yo', Feb 25 '13 at 08:01
Special case of symbols - Escape character in LaTeX - TeX - LaTeX Stack Exchange — user202729, Jun 13 '22 at 01:37

score 418 · Accepted Answer · edited Jun 05 '17 at 18:49

You can use

in text-mode (needs \textrm or similar in math-mode)
- \textasciicircum or
- \^{},
in math-mode
- \hat{} (only this produces a circumflex),
- \widehat{}, or
- \wedge (∧).

in a verb-like manner

\string^,
\char`\^,

\verb!^!:

\verb!d <- dist(fascores, method = "euclidean")^2!

Overview

Code

\documentclass{standalone}
\usepackage{upquote}% getting the right grave ` (and not ‘)!
\begin{document}
\begin{tabular}{lcc}
    Input                   &       Text       &                 Math                  \\ \hline
    \verb|\string^|         &     \string^     &              $\string^$               \\
    \verb|\char`\^|         &     \char`\^     &              $\char`\^$               \\
    \verb|\verb!^!|         &     \verb!^!     &              $\verb!^!$               \\ \hline
    \verb|\textasciicircum| & \textasciicircum &                  ---                  \\
    \verb|\^{}|             & \^{} (e.g. \^a)  &                  ---                  \\ \hline
    \verb|\hat{}|           &       ---        &       $\hat{}$ (e.g. $\hat a$)        \\
    \verb|\wedge|           &       ---        &      $\wedge$ (e.g. $a\wedge b$)      \\
    \verb|\widehat{}|       &       ---        & $\widehat{\ }$ (e.g. $\widehat{abc}$) \\
\end{tabular}
\end{document}

Output

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As for me, in math-mode the best appearance has sequence ^\wedge. Other variants is mostly to small. — serkas, Nov 03 '14 at 12:06
I have accented letters, but not the symbols ^ and ` on my keyboard. Is there an easy way to input them without switching keyboard (or copy-pasting the symbols from wikipedia)? — Pertinax, Mar 24 '17 at 14:51

score 12 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 22 '18 at 09:48

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You could also try \textsuperscript{$\wedge$} which yields:

To put this into context, (\textsuperscript{$\wedge$}N225), will yield:

answered Aug 22 '18 at 09:48

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Or, simply, $^\wedge$ – Dinei Sep 24 '20 at 23:27
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@Dinei $^\wedge$ does not make it superscript – Rubem Pacelli Dec 07 '22 at 13:10

score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 11 '22 at 07:53

For those of you trying to do the ^^ smiley, here is a comparison of various methods (the first is \textsuperscript, the second is \^, the third is a scaled version of \wedge in superscript, and the last one is the second solution stretched on the y axis, with some fine tuning to have a better spacing: therefore it may need some tuning if you use different fonts):

Compare
\textasciicircum{}\textasciicircum{}
with
\^{}\^{}
or
\scalebox{.8}{\textsuperscript{$\wedge\wedge$}}
or the configurable % change the value in raisebox and in kern to change the spacing and the optional argument of scalebox to change the x/y ratio.
\raisebox{0pt}[\height][0pt]{\raisebox{-1.7ex}{\scalebox{1}[2]{\^{}\kern-.05em\^{}}}}.

How to typeset the symbol “^” (caret/circumflex/hat)

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