Title: incorrect display ^-2, superscript
Last modified: March 13, 2019

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# incorrect display ^-2, superscript

 *  [hiannisa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hiannisa/)
 * (@hiannisa)
 * [7 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/incorrect-display-2-superscript/)
 * When i post [latex]E=mc^2[/latex] the result is fine, but when i add “-” in [
   latex]E=mc^-2[/latex] the “2” is not shown superscript. Someone, please help!
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fincorrect-display-2-superscript%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  [chiuchiuuu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chiuchiuuu/)
 * (@chiuchiuuu)
 * [6 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/incorrect-display-2-superscript/#post-11765668)
 * Hello, You should use curly brackets, i.e. [latex]E=mc^{-2}[/latex]

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