# Why doesn't \`^\` promote its arguments?

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-doesnt-promote-its-arguments/76444>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Created:** [February 14, 2022, 4:29pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-doesnt-promote-its-arguments/76444 "2022-02-14T16:29:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Oscar\_Smith](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/oscar_smith/32/25343_2.png) [@Oscar\_Smith](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Oscar_Smith)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2022, 1:14pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-doesnt-promote-its-arguments/76444/21 "2022-02-16T13:14:51Z")

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I don’t think ^ and \* are comparable. \* is usually ^ a group operation where both operands come from the same group, while ^ with internet exponents is better thought of as an r-module.

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