Z-transform computation
Compute the compute the z-transform (including the ROC) of the following DT signal:
$ x[n]= n u[n]-n u[n-3] $
(Write enough intermediate steps to fully justify your answer.)
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Answer 1
Begin with the definition of a Z-Transform.
$ X(z) = \sum_{n=-\infty}^{\infty}(n u[n]-n u[n-3])z^{-n} $
Simplify a little. (pull out the n and realize $ u[n]-u[n-3] $ is only non-zero for 0, 1, and 2.)
$ X(z) = \sum_{n=0}^{2}n z^{-n} $
Then we have a simple case of evaluating for 3 points.
$ \begin{align} X(z) &= 0 z^{-0} + 1 z^{-1} + 2 z^{-2} \\ &= \frac{z+2}{z^2} \end{align} $
Answer 2
$ Z(x[n])= \sum_{n=-\infty}^{\infty}x[n]z^{-n}= \sum_{n=-\infty}^{\infty}n(u[n]- u[n-3])z^{-n} $
when n=0,1,2, x[n] is n; otherwise x[n]=0. So:
$ x(z)=0z^{-0}+1z^{-1}+2z^{-2}=\frac{1}{z}+\frac{2}{z^2} $
