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Exam 1 Material

About complex numbers

• basic definitions
• Graphical representation
• basic complex number exercises
• more basic complex number exercises
• complex norm properties

Periodic versus non-periodic functions

• Obtaining a periodic function by sampling a sine

Signal power and energy

Fourier series

Exam 2 Material

CT Fourier transform

• Example of how to take the Fourier transform of a non-periodic signal
• Example of how NOT to take the Fourier transform of a non-periodic signal
• Example of how to take the Fourier transform of a periodic signal
• Example of how NOT to take the Fourier transform of a periodic signal

DT Fourier transform

LTI systems and Fourier transforms

LTI systems defined by Differential/difference equations

Exam 3 Material

Sampling

Modulation

Laplace Transform

• Example of how to compute the Laplace transform
• Important mistake not to make on the test when computing Laplace transforms.