The six basic properties of Systems

(Basic concept covered in ECE301: Signals and Systems)

Memory
A system with memory has outputs that depend on previous (or future) inputs.

 Example of a system with memory:

y(t)=x(t−π)

 Example of a system without memory:

y(t)=x(t)

Invertibility
An invertible system is one in which there is a one-to-one correlation between inputs
and outputs.

 Example of an invertible system:

y(t)=x(t)

 Example of a non-invertible system:

y(t)=|x(t)|
In the second example, both x(t) = -3 and x(t) = 3 yield the same result.

Causality
A causal system has outputs that only depend on current and/or previous inputs.

 Example of a causal system:

y(t)=x(t)+x(t−1)

 Example of a non-causal system:

y(t)=x(t)+x(t+1)
Stability
There are many types of stability, for this course, we first consider BIBO (Bounded
Input Bounded Output) stability.
A system is BIBO