title: Superscript in Python plots
body: <p>I want to label my x axis at follows :</p>
  
  <pre><code>pylab.xlabel('metres 10^1')
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>But I don't want to have the ^ symbol included .</p>
  
  <pre><code>pylab.xlabel('metres 10$^{one}$')
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>This method works and will superscript letters but doesn't seem to work for numbers .
  If I try :</p>
  
  <pre><code>pylab.xlabel('metres 10$^1$')
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>It superscripts a letter N for some reason .</p>
  
  <p>Anyone know how to superscript numbers in python plots ?
  thanks .</p>