Dedication and Acknowledgements

Dedication

This site is dedicated to my husband, Raymond Pitchford. He is my unfailing source of love and support.

Acknowledgements

Thanks to my teachers as I grew up, especially Mr. DeGraff, Jim Allison, André Samson (whose formula handout was the inspiration for www.mathwords.com), and Maureen O'Donnell.

Thanks to Stephen Billups and all my other teammates on the W. T. Woodson math team.

Thanks to Dr. Oppelt, who was chair of the George Mason University math department and my math professor when I took classes there.

Thanks to Chris Wright, my advisor and math professor at Duke.

Thanks to my math department friends and professors at the University of Minnesota.

Thanks to Chuck Dunn for giving me notes and suggestions on the finished text. Chuck is a former St. Stephen's colleague, a good friend, and the nicest guy who ever lived.

Thanks to all my St. Stephen's colleagues, past and present.

Thanks to Brian Sjolseth for reviewing content and giving me suggestions.

Thanks to all my students.

Finally, thanks to all the authors of all the math books I ever read.