I doubt that ^ as power op is "more common".

Lets just state the fact, without subjective judgements.
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 % * comparison with Mathematica: polynomial module.
 % * comparison with Mathematica: space is product, ** vs ^
 
-SymPy, in accordance with Python,
-uses \texttt{**} to express the power operator, while Mathematica uses the more
-common \verb|^|.
+SymPy uses \texttt{**} to express the power operator, while Mathematica uses \verb|^|.
 
 % * comparison with Mathematica: ( ) is Sequence, functions are generally uppercase.
 % * comparsion with Mathematica: table of comparison?