Introduction

The Fundamentals of Mathematics OER textbook has been developed to help students achieve success in mathematics. The OER textbook was adapted from the Foundations of Mathematics (3rd ed.) eTextbook by Thambyrajah Kugathasan, published by Vretta-Lyryx Inc. This text will provide students with learning tools that will help them to improve basic arithmetic skills and to develop reasoning and problem-solving skills.

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LaTeX and MathJax

This OER uses LaTeX and the MathJax plugin to render math formulas for online viewing. It is important to note that “the quality of MathML support in screenreaders varies greatly, with different levels of MathML feature support, different speech rule sets, and different voicing technologies. Some screen readers support MathML, MathJax’s internal format. Screen readers like ChromeVox, JAWS (on IE), and TextHelp support MathJax directly (most only version 2); other screen readers are supported by the assistive-mml extension as of version 3.0.1.” (MathJax Consortium, 2021). For more information on MathJax and screen reader support, please visit the MathJax Consortium Accessibility Features page.