College Algebra By Kaufmann -

“I’ll give you twelve dollars,” said the clerk, flipping through Miles’s copy of College Algebra by Kaufmann.

Chapter 4 introduced functions. Kaufmann wrote: “A function is a rule that assigns to each element in one set exactly one element in another set.” college algebra by kaufmann

Or he tried to.

And every now and then, he’d open it to a random page, read an equation, and smile. “I’ll give you twelve dollars,” said the clerk,

By Chapter 7 (quadratic equations), he had a system. He highlighted in yellow, wrote notes in the margins, and even started making flashcards. For the first time in his life, he didn’t hate math. He didn’t even fear it. He just read it, like any other text. And every now and then, he’d open it

That summer, he didn’t sell the book back. He kept it on his shelf, between Chaucer and Morrison.