R help - Jul 2011 - Writing Complex Formulas

I am trying to create a set of wavelets in frequency space--namely Cauchy
wavelets for an intensity analysis (von Tscharner, 2000).  The wavelets are
defined by the following formula:

[(f/cf)^(cf*scale)]*[e^((-f/cf)+1)^(cf*scale)]

where *f *is frequency of length *n*, *cf* is center frequency (defined
below) and is an array of *j *columns and *n* row, and scale is a constant.

cf = (1/scale)*(j + q)^r
where *j *is the number of center frequencies (i.e., columns), and *q* and *
r* are constants.

I seem to be doing fine with most of the math, but the (*array*)^(cf*scale)
eludes me.  It seems like it should be simple, but nothing is working.  Any
suggestions??

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I resolved this issue.  It appears that "^" won't work for this
case, but
"**" worked.  I can't find any reference to this, but where
"^" seems to be
used to raise a value to a numerical function, "**" is used for a y
raised
to the power of x where x it a computation.   

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