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The six basic properties of Systems_Old Kiwi
Memory_Old Kiwi
A system with memory has outputs that depend on previous (or future) inputs.
- Example of a system with memory:
$ y(t) = x(t - \pi) $
- Example of a system without memory:
$ y(t) = x(t) $
Invertibility_Old Kiwi
An invertible system is one in which there is a one-to-one correlation between inputs and outputs.
- Example of an invertible system:
$ y(t) = x(t) $
- Example of a non-invertible system:
$ y(t) = |x(t)| $
In the second example, both x(t) = -3 and x(t) = 3 yield the same result.
Causality_Old Kiwi
A causal system has outputs that only depend on current and/or previous inputs.
- Example of a causal system:
$ y(t) = x(t) + x(t - 1) $
- Example of a non-causal system:
$ y(t) = x(t) + x(t + 1) $
Stability_Old Kiwi
There are many types of stability, for this course, we first consider BIBO_Old Kiwi (Bounded Input Bounded Output) stability.
A system is BIBO stable if, for all bounded inputs ($ \exist B \epsilon \Re, x(t) < B $), the output is also bounded ($ y(t) < \infty $)
Time Invariance_Old Kiwi
A system is time invariant if a shift in the time domain corresponds to the same shift in the output.
- Example of a time invariant system:
$ y_1(t) = x_1(t) \mapsto y_2(t - t_0) = x_2(t - t_0) $
- Example of a time variant system:
$ y_1(t) = \sin(t) x_1(t) \mapsto y_2(t - t_0) = \sin(t) x_2(t - t_0) $
In the first example, $ y_2 $ is the shifted version of $ y_1 $. This is not true of the second example.
