[Tex/LaTex] Inverted circumflex not as diacritic

Question

How do I typeset a caron or inverted circumflex as a character on its own in math-mode, rather than as a diacritic above another character? I need to do this because I want to use it as a superscript, like fˇ. This is when describing a pair of functions: f^ and fˇ.

Answer 1

Something like this?

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{amsmath} % for \text macro
\begin{document}
$f\text{\v{}}$ $f\text{\^{}}$ $f\text{\u{}}$ $f\text{\={}}$  $f\text{\.{}}$ $f\text{\"{}}$
\end{document}