LINEAR SYSTEMS

ASSIGNMENT 1 - (LECTURES 1-6)

DEADLINE: TUESDAY FEBRUARY 18 2020

Instructions:
* You should attempt this assignment in a group of two students.
* Solved assignment must be submitted during the lecture on Tuesday Feb-
ruary 18 2020. No submissions will be accepted afterwards.
* Copying someone’s else solution or providing your solution to someone else,
will simply lead to zero marks for both

(1-3) Attempt questions 1.8, 1.10, and 1.11 from John Bay’s book titled, ”Fun-
damentals of linear state-space systems”
(4) Write down the linear state equation description of the circuit shown in
Figure 1. Also determine the related transfer function.

Figure 1

(5) Define state variables such that the n-th order differential equation
y (n) (t) + an−1 t−1 y (n−1) (t)+ an−2 t−2 y (n−2) (t) +
··· +a1 t−n+1 y (1) (t) + a0 t−n y(t) = 0
can be written as a linear state equation
ẋ = t−1 Ax(t),
where A is a constant n × n matrix.
(6) Consider the discrete-time LTI second-order system
      
q1 [n + 1] −a1 1 q1 [n] b1
= + x[n]
q2 [n + 1] −a2 0 q2 [n] b2
 
  q1 [n]
y[n] = 1 0 .
q2 [n]
By working with the relationships embodied in the state-space model, find
a second-order difference equation relating the input and output, x[n] and
y[n].