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1.10.6 Subscripts, Bars and Other Modifiers
Here is a typical palette of modifiers.
Mathematica allows you to use any expression as a subscript.
In[1]:= 
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Unless you specifically tell it otherwise, Mathematica will interpret a superscript as a power.
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Special input forms based on control characters. The second forms given should work on any keyboard.
This enters a subscript using control keys.
In[3]:= Expand[(1
+
x  _ 1+n )^4]
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Just as ^ and _ go to superscript and subscript positions, so also & and = can be used to go to positions directly above and below. With the layout of a standard English-language keyboard & is directly to the right of ^ while = is directly to the right of _.
Ways to enter some common modifiers using control keys.
Here is 
.
In[4]:= x &_
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You can use 
as a variable.
In[5]:= Solve[a^2 == %, a]
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Ways to enter modifiers without control keys. All these forms can be used only inside \!\(
... \
).
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