User:Thearones/List of ambiguous mathematical symbols

This is a list of semantically overlapping mathematical symbols.

Name	Unambiguous notations	Ambiguous notations	Definition	Ref
Multiplicative inverse	${\frac {1}{x}}$	$x^{-1}$	${\frac {1}{x}}\cdot x=1$
Inverse function	$x^{-1}(t)$ $x^{\langle -1\rangle }(t)$ $^{-1}x(t)$ $x^{[-1]}(t)$ $x^{\circ -1}(t)$	$x^{-1}$	$x^{-1}(x(t))=t$
Iterated function	$x^{n}(t)$ $x^{\langle n\rangle }(t)$ $^{n}x(t)$ $x^{[n]}(t)$ $x^{\circ n}(t)$	$x^{n}$	$x^{n}(t)=\underbrace {x(x(\cdots x(t)\cdots ))} _{n{\text{ times}}}$
Exponentiation of the function	$(x(t))^{n}$ $x(t)^{n}$	$x^{n}$	$$(x(t))^{n}=\underbrace {x(t)\times x(t)\times \dots \times x(t)\times x(t)} _{n{\text{ times}}}.$$