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=== Part A ===
 
=== Part A ===
  
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For the output signal to be time invariant, the response to the shifted input signal <math> x[n-N] </math> should be the shifted output (<math> y[n-N] </math>).  Basically, this means that if the input signal is shifted along the x-axis by any amount of time, the output signal should produce the same value at <math> n + N </math> that it used to produce at <math> n </math> before the shift.
  
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For the system given, let's use the system corresponding to <math> X </math><sub>2</sub> and then select a time <math> n </math> of 4, and a shifted time <math> N </math> of 1.  If this system was time invariant, <math> Y </math><sub>2</sub><math>[n] </math> at time <math> n = 5 </math> should equal <math> Y </math><sub>1</sub><math>[n] </math> at <math> n = 4 </math>.
  
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<math>\,\ X </math><sub>2</sub><math> \,\ [4-2] = </math>&delta<math> \,\ (2) </math>
  
 
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<math>\,\ X </math><sub>2</sub><math> \,\ [4-1-2] = </math>&delta<math> \,\ (1) </math>
 
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=== Part B ===
 
=== Part B ===

Revision as of 14:26, 11 September 2008

Part E: Linearity and Time Invariance

Part A

For the output signal to be time invariant, the response to the shifted input signal $ x[n-N] $ should be the shifted output ($ y[n-N] $). Basically, this means that if the input signal is shifted along the x-axis by any amount of time, the output signal should produce the same value at $ n + N $ that it used to produce at $ n $ before the shift.

For the system given, let's use the system corresponding to $ X $2 and then select a time $ n $ of 4, and a shifted time $ N $ of 1. If this system was time invariant, $ Y $2$ [n] $ at time $ n = 5 $ should equal $ Y $1$ [n] $ at $ n = 4 $.

$ \,\ X $2$ \,\ [4-2] = $&delta$ \,\ (2) $

$ \,\ X $2$ \,\ [4-1-2] = $&delta$ \,\ (1) $

Part B

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