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Signals and Systems, Homework 2, 2021/9/30

1) Unit delta function and unit step function:

a) Sketch xa (t) = u(t + 1) − u(t − 3).
( πn )
b) Sketch xb [n] = cos 3
· (u[n + 2] − u[n − 3]).

c) Sketch xc [n] = (−1)n · (δ[n + 2] + δ[n] + δ[n − 1])

2) Consider the following systems and determine whether each of them is (i) memoryless, (ii) invertible,
(iii) causal, (iv) linear, (v) time-invariant, or (vi) stable. Please explain your answers.
a) y[n] = x[n] − x[−n]
∫t
b) y(t) = −∞
x(τ )dτ

c) y(t) = e−|t| · x(t)

d) y(t) = x2 (t)

3) Find the impulse response of the following LTI systems:

a) y[n] = x[n − 2] + x[n − 1] + x[n] + x[n + 1] + x[n + 2]

b) y[n] = x[n] + 3x[n − 2] − 2x[n − 3]

∑
n
1
c) y[n] = 2n−k
x[k]
k=−∞