Python and Powers Math
Operator ^ is a bitwise operator, which does bitwise exclusive or.
The power operator is **, like 8**3 which equals to 512.
The symbols represent different operators.
The ^ represents the bitwise exclusive or (XOR).
Each bit of the output is the same as the corresponding bit in x if that bit in y is 0, and it's the complement of the bit in x if that bit in y is 1.
** represents the power operator. That's just the way that the language is structured.