MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY

Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering

EE 301 Signals & Systems
Homework 2
Due: Oct. 18, 2011

Problem 1: The following equalities describe various DT and CT systems where x and y denote the
input and output of the system respectively, and a is a complex constant. Show with full justification,
whether each of the following systems is linear or nonlinear, time-invariant or time varying, causal or
noncausal, stable or unstable, invertible or not, and memoryless or not.
a) ) ( ) ( ) ( t a x a t x t y + =

b) ) ( ) ( t x e t y
at
= c)
| |
| |
0, 0
, otherwise
n
y n
x n a
=

d) | |
| |
| |

>
=
< +
=
0 ,
0 , 0
0 , 1
n n x
n
n n x
n y e) | | | | n x n y 4 = f) | |
| | | |
| | | |

>
< +
=
0 ,
0 , 1
n x n x
n x n x
n y
g)
( ), 0
( )
, 0
ax t t
y t
a t
>
=

<

h)
2
( ) ( ) y t x t =

Problem 2: Prove whether each of the following statements is TRUE or FALSE.
a) Some LTI systems may produce a nonzero output when the input is zero.
b) A causal CT LTI system can produce positive output y(t) for t<0.
c) A nonlinear time-invariant system does not have an impulse response.
d) Two LTI systems, S
1
and S
2
are connected in cascade. If the overall system S is causal, then S
1
is
also causal.
e) The system described by y(t)=x*(t) (where * denotes complex conjugation), is linear.
f) y(t)=x(t)
*
h(t) implies x(tt
0
)
*
h(tt
0
) = y(t2t
0
) (notice that
*

denotes the convolution
operation ) ( ) ( t x t y =
* }

= t t t d t h x t h ) ( ) ( ) ( ).

Problem 3: Find the convolution sum | | | | n x n x -

or the convolution integral ) ( ) ( t x t x - for the
following signals. In each case, state the duration (length) of | | n x or ) (t x , and that of the result.
a) | | | | | |) 4 ( = n u n u n n x ,
b) | | | | | |) 5 1 ( ) 1 ( = n u n u n n x ,
c) )) 4 ( ) ( ( ) ( = t u t u t t x ,
d) )) 6 ( ) 2 ( ( ) 2 ( ) ( = t u t u t t x