copyright 2004–2005 Carol J.V. Fisher



A FIRST COURSE IN ALGEBRA

BY
CAROL J.V. FISHER

You're about to learn that
x ("ex") is to mathematics as "cat" is to English.
The hope is that the next time you find yourself faced with x,
you'll think:

One Mathematical Cat, Please!

and laugh a bit...
making mathematics a little less stressful,
and a little more fun.

for J
who wants me to say everything
first

and for sK
for helping me
back

This is not a true "web book." The book contains lots of mathematics, and at the current time, mathematical typesetting is not well supported on the web. The original book is typeset using TeX (the technical typesetting language used by the mathematical community), and I created "snapshots" of each page. To view and print these "snapshots," you'll need the ability to work with portable document format (pdf) file types: Adobe Acrobat Reader is free and available for download at http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html