Compute z-transform of x[n]

$ x[n] = 3^n u[-n-1] $

We can easily determine that the signal is left sided by the $ u[-n-1] $ term.

$ X(z) = \sum_{n=-\infty}^{\infty}x[n]z^{-n} $

$ X(z) = \sum_{n=-\infty}^{\infty}3^n u[-n-1]z^{-n} $

Let $ k=-n-1 $

$ X(z) = \sum_{k=-\infty}^{\infty}3^{-k-1} u[k]z^{k+1} $

$ X(z) = \sum_{k=0}^{\infty}3^{-k-1}z^{k+1} $

$ X(z) = \frac{z}{3} \sum_{k=0}^{\infty}(\frac{z}{3})^k $

$ X(z) = \frac{z}{3}(\frac{1}{1-\frac{z}{3}}) $

Only if $ |\frac{z}{3}| < 1 $

$ X(z) = \frac{z}{3-z} $

Region of Convergence: $ |z| < 3 $

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BSEE 2004, current Ph.D. student researching signal and image processing.

Landis Huffman