SIGNAL AND SYSTEMS Tutorial 2 Questions
SIGNAL AND SYSTEMS Tutorial 2 Questions
TUTORIAL-2
INTRODUCTION TO SYSTEMS
4) Consider a discrete-time system with input 𝑥[𝑛] and output 𝑦[𝑛]. The input-output
relationship for this system is
𝑦[𝑛] = 𝑥[𝑛]𝑥[𝑛 − 2].
(a) Is the system memoryless?
(b) Determine the output of the system when the input is 𝐴𝛿[𝑛], where 𝐴 is any real or
complex number.
(c) Is the system invertible?
5) Consider a continuous-time system with input 𝑥(𝑡) and output 𝑦(𝑡) related by
𝑦(𝑡) = 𝑥(sin(𝑡))
(a) Is this system causal? (b) Is this system linear?
6) For each of the following input-output relationships, determine whether the corresponding
system is linear, time invariant or both
i) 𝑦(𝑡) = 𝑡 2 𝑥(𝑡 − 1)
ii) 𝑦[𝑛] = 𝑥 2 [𝑛 − 2]
iii) 𝑦[𝑛] = 𝑥[𝑛 + 1] − 𝑥[𝑛 − 1]
iv) 𝑦[𝑡] = 𝑂𝑑{𝑥(𝑡)}
7) Consider a discrete-time system with input 𝑥[𝑛] and output 𝑦[𝑛] related by
𝑛+𝑛0
𝑦(𝑛) = ∑ 𝑥[𝑘],
𝑘=𝑛−𝑛0
where 𝑛0 is a finite positive integer.
(a) Is this system linear?
(b) Is this system time-invariant?
(c) If 𝑥[𝑛] is known to be bounded by a finite integer 𝐵 (i.e., |𝑥[𝑛]| < 𝐵 for all 𝑛), it can be
shown that 𝑦[𝑛] is bounded by a finite number 𝐶. We conclude that the given system is
stable. Express 𝐶 in terms of 𝐵 and 𝑛0 .
i) 𝑦(𝑛) = 𝑥(𝑛)𝑢(𝑛)
ii) 𝑦(𝑛) = 𝑠𝑔𝑛[𝑥(𝑛)]
iii) 𝑦(𝑛) = cos 𝑥(𝑛)
iv) 𝑦(𝑛) = 𝑙𝑜𝑔10 |𝑥(𝑛)|
v) 𝑦(𝑛) = 𝑥(𝑛)𝑥(𝑛 − 1)
11) A system with input 𝑥(𝑡) and output 𝑦(𝑡) is defined by the input-output relation
−2𝑡
𝑦(𝑡) = ∫ 𝑥(𝜏) 𝑑𝜏
−∞
12) A system
𝑡
𝑦(𝑡) = ∫ 𝑥(𝑢)𝑑𝑢
𝑡−𝑇
13) a) Show that if a system is either additive or homogeneous, it has the property that if the the
input is identically zero, then the output is also identically zero.
b) Determine a system (either in continuous or discrete time) that is neither additive nor
homogeneous but has a zero output if the input is identically zero.
c) From part (a), can you conclude that if the input to a linear system is zero between time 𝑡1
and 𝑡2 in continuous time or between time 𝑛1 and 𝑛2 in discrete time, then its output must
also be zero between the same times? Explain your answer.
14) Consider a system 𝑆 with input 𝑥[𝑛] and output 𝑦[𝑛] is related by:
𝑥[𝑛⁄2], 𝑛 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛
System 1: 𝑦[𝑛] = {
0, 𝑛 𝑜𝑑𝑑
1 1
System 2: 𝑦[𝑛] = 𝑥[𝑛] + 𝑥[𝑛 − 1] + 𝑥[𝑛 − 2]
2 4
System 3: 𝑦[𝑛] = 𝑥[2𝑛]
Suppose that these systems are connected in series as depicted in figure below. Find the input-
output relationship for the overall interconnected systems. Is this system linear? Is it time
invariant?