Errata in Fundamentals of Signals and Systems by M. J.

Roberts
Chapter 2. Page 61 Exercise 6. Answers should be -2.122 ; 0 ; 2 ; 2.5 ; -9 ; 2 ; 6 instead of -0.2122 ; 0 ; 2 ; 2.5 ; -9 ; 2 ; 6. Page 62 Exercise 8. Answers should be

A = 3, t0 = 2, w = 2 ; A = !3, t0 = !6, w = 1 / 3 ; A = 3, t0 = !2, w = 1 / 2 ; A = !2, t0 = !2, w = 1 / 3 ; A = 2, t0 = 2, w = !2

instead of

A = 3, t0 = 2, w = 2 ; A = 3, t0 = 3, w = 1 / 3 ; A = 3, t0 = 2, w = 1 / 2 ; A = 2, t0 = 2, w = 1 / 3 ; A = 2, t0 = 2, w = !2
Page 64 Exercise 14. Answers should be 0.668 ; -0.5 instead of 0.0668, -0.5. Page 72 Exercise 44. First equation should be

#1 , cos ( 2! t ) " 0 % x1 ( t ) = $ %0 , cos ( 2! t ) < 0 &

instead of

and x 2 ( t ) = sin ( 2! t / 10 )

#1 , cos ( 2! t ) " 1 % x1 ( t ) = $ % &0 , cos ( 2! t ) < 1

Chapter 3.

and x 2 ( t ) = sin ( 2! t / 10 )

Page 108

Missing ! s. Exercise 13 (a). Should be

g! "n# $ = 5sin 2% n / 4 + 8cos 2% n / 6

instead of

g! "n# $ = 5sin 2 n / 4 + 8cos 2% n / 6 .

Exercise 13 (b). Should be

g! "n# $ = 5sin 7% n / 12 + 8cos 14% n / 8

instead of

g! "n# $ = 5sin 7 n / 12 + 8cos 14 n / 8 .

Exercise 13 (c). Should be

j% n & j% n / 3 g! "n# $ = Re e + e

instead of
j% n & jn / 3 g! . "n# $ = Re e + e

Chapter 4. Page 145 Page 145 Exercise 4 should not refer to impulse response since that topic is covered later in chapter 6. Exercise 4. Change each occurrence of the word ball to the word block. Pages 147-148 Chapter 5. Exercises 15 and 16 should also not refer to impulse response.

Page 160

First two equations at top of page. Should be

& e j 3% / 4 ) & e, j 3% / 4 ) ,n/ 2 # yh ! n = A + A A1e j 3% n / 4 + A2 e, j 3% n / 4 1( 2( + + =2 " $ ' 2 * ' 2 *

%n/ 2 ! B1 cos 3& n / 4 + B2 sin 3& n / 4 # yh ! "n# $=2 " $

instead of

& e j 3% / 4 ) & e, j 3% / 4 ) # yh ! n = A + A = 2, n A1e j 3% n / 4 + A2 e, j 3% n / 4 1( 2( + + " $ ' 2 * ' 2 *

%n # yh ! "n# $=2 ! " B1 cos 3& n / 4 + B2 sin 3& n / 4 $ .

(Replace 2 by Chapter 6. Page 194

2 and 2! n by 2! n / 2 .)

Exercise 16. Graphs are mislabeled. The vertical axis on all these graphs should be Y j! not K .

( )

Page 192

Exercise 10. Should read as follows. In the circuit of figure E.10 the input signal voltage is v i t and the output signal voltage is v o t . (a) (b) Find the impulse response in terms of R and L. If R = 10 k ! and L = 100 H , graph the unit step response.

()

()

Also the annotation y0 t in the answer graph should instead be

vo t .
(Subscript should be an o (oh) not a 0 (zero).) Page 197 Exercise 32 (b). Change

()

()

4 y! t " 3y t = x !! t + 2 x ! t " 5x t
to

()

()

()

()

()

4 y!! t " 3y t = x !! t + 2 x ! t " 5x t .

(Add a prime to the first y.) Chapter 7. Page 199. Equation 7.1. Change from

()

()

()

()

()

an y ! "n# $ + an %1 y ! " n % 1# $ + ! + an % N y ! "n % N # $ = x! "n# $

to

a0 y ! "n# $ + a1 y ! " n % 1# $ + ! + aN y ! "n % N # $ = x! "n# $.

Next equation. Change from

an h ! "n# $ + an %1 h ! " n % 1# $ + ! + an % N h ! "n % N # $=&! "n# $

to

a0 h ! "n# $ + a1 h ! " n % 1# $ + ! + aN h ! "n % N # $=&! "n# $.

Next equation. Change from

h! "n# $=
to

%! "n# $ & an &1 h ! " n & 1# $ & ! & an & N h ! "n & N # $
an

h! "n# $=

%! "n# $ & a1 h ! " n & 1# $ & ! & aN h ! "n & N # $

a0

Change next equation from

an y ! "n# $ + an %1 y ! " n % 1# $ + ! + an % N y ! "n % N # $ = bn x ! "n# $ + bn %1 x ! " n % 1# $ + ! + bn % M x ! "n % M # $

to
a0 y ! "n# $ + a1 y ! " n % 1# $ + ! + aN y ! "n % N # $ = b0 x ! "n# $ + b1 x ! " n % 1# $ + ! + bM x ! "n % M # $

Change next equation (on page 200) from

an y ! "n# $ + an %1 y ! " n % 1# $ + ! + an % N y ! "n % N # $ = bn x ! "n# $ an y ! "n# $ + an %1 y ! " n % 1# $ + ! + an % N y ! "n % N # $ = bn %1 x ! " n % 1# $ an y ! " "n# $ + an %1 y ! " n % 1# $ + ! + an % N y ! "n % N # $= an y ! "n# $ + an %1 y ! " n % 1# $ + ! + an % N y ! "n % N # $ = bn % M x ! "n % M # $
to a0 y ! "n# $ + a1 y ! " n % 1# $ + ! + aN y ! "n % N # $ = b0 x ! "n# $ a0 y ! "n# $ + a1 y ! " n % 1# $ + ! + aN y ! "n % N # $ = b1 x ! " n % 1# $

a0 y ! " "n# $ + a1 y ! " n % 1# $ + ! + aN y ! "n % N # $= a0 y ! "n# $ + a1 y ! " n % 1# $ + ! + aN y ! "n % N # $ = bM x ! "n % M # $

Change next equation from

h! "n# $ = bn h1 ! "n# $ + bn %1 h1 ! " n % 1# $ + ! + bn % M h1 ! "n % M # $

to

h! "n# $ = b0 h1 ! "n# $ + b1 h1 ! " n % 1# $ + ! + bM h1 ! "n % M # $

Page 219. Paragraph after Equation 7.18, beginning with We can.... Second and third lines.
j% j% j% y! "n# $ = Ye = H e Xe

( )

should be j%n j% j%n y! "n# $ = Ye = H e Xe .

( )

(Two ns missing in exponents.) Page 224. Exercise 1 answers. Replace

h! "n# $=
with

(
3

3 / 2 cos % n / 2 u ! "n# $+ u! "n & 2# $

)(

h! "n# $=

( ) cos (% n / 2)(u ! n# & (1 / 3) u ! n & 2#) .

n

" $

"

Page 284.

Exercise 9 (d). Replace

TF + 1 / 5

with
TF = 1 / 5 .

Chapter 9. Page 335. Exercise 11. Replace the answer graph with this one.
y[n]
8 7 -8

Chapter 10. Page 353. Below Equation 10.7, 2 lines. Replace

f F = f s / Ts

with
f F = fs / N F .

Page 371.

Table 10.1. 11th equation on left. A terminating right bracket (]) is missing at the right end of the equation. It should look like this.
F ) cos 2! f0t "$ # 1/ 2 ' (% f & f0 + % f + f0 *

) (

) (

Page 380

Exercise 24 (d). Should be

X ( j! ) = (" / 20 )# " / 4 (! )
instead of

X ( j! ) = (" / 20 )#1/ 4 (! ) .
(Change 1 / 4 to ! / 4 .) Page 388. Exercise 44 (b). The right side of the first line should be

!4" 8 ! f
instead of

( )

!4" 4 ! f .
Page 389 Exercise 45 (b). The line F 8 t !1 / 3 + 8 t !1 / 3 should be instead F 8 t !1 / 3 + 8 t +1 / 3 (Change one - to a +.) Page 390. Chapter 11. Page 407. Table 11.1. Next to last line. The two equations should be swapped. That is, this line should read as Exercise 52 should be numbered as Exercise 51.

( )

(( ) ) (( ) ) (( ) ) (( ) )

6.

(16 / 3) cos ( 2! f / 3) (16 / 3) cos ( 2! f / 3)

6.

F !n u" ' #n$ % &(

1 , ! <1 1 ) ! e) j 2* F

F !n u" ' #n$ % &(

1 , ! <1 1 ) ! e ) j+

Page 426.

Exercise 5. The 8! on the first line in the equation should be changed to 4. Then the equation should be

X e j! = 4 $ rect 2 / " ! # " / 2 + rect 2 / " ! + " / 2 & ( ) 2" ! % '

( )

((

)(

))

((

)(

))

( )

Page 427.

Exercise 8. There are two subparts both labeled (c). The second one should be changed to (d). Also change the answers line to Answers: instead of Answers: 10,40,6,-4,2/3,10,2,2,-2 2,-2,-6,10,2/3,2,4,40,10,9/4

Page 429.

Exercise 21. First line. Change Y j! to Y e j! .

( )

( )

Chapter 12. Page 444. Figures 12.22 and 12.23. All phase graphs are upside down. The figures should look like the ones below.

Causal Lowpass h(t)

h(t)
3

|H( f )|
1

-0.5

-0.5

t
-4 4

x(t)
1

Excitation
2

!H( f ) t
-4 2 4

y(t)
0.7

Response t

4 -4

Causal Bandpass h(t)

h(t)
3

|H( j! )|
1

-0.5 -3

t
-30 30

x(t)
1

Excitation
2

!H( j! ) t
-30 2 4

y(t)
0.6 -0.6

Response t

30 4

Causal Highpass h(t)

h(t)
(1)

|H( f )|
1

-0.5

-10

-4

x(t)
1

Excitation
2

!H( f ) t
-4 2 4

y(t)
1.5 -1.5

Response t

4 -4

Causal Bandstop h(t)

h(t)
(1)

|H( j! )|
1

-0.5

t !

-10

-30

30

x(t)
1

Excitation
2

!H( j! ) t
-30 2 4

y(t)
1.2 -0.2

Response t

30 -4

Page 496

Exercise 19. Fifth line. Change lowpass to highpass

Page 496

Exercise 20. The 1 subscript in the equation

p t = rect 100t ! "1 t

()

) () ()

should be replaced by 0.1 as illustrated here.

p t = rect 100t ! " 0.1 t .

()

Page 498

Exercise 25. The 0.02 subscript in the equation

x t = rect 1000t ! " 0.02 t

()

() ()

should be replaced by 0.002 as illustrated here.

x t = rect 1000t ! " 0.002 t .

Page 507 Exercise 49. A line should be added in each part. Part (a). Change (a) to (a)

()

x t = 5 1 + cos 200! t rect 100t

() ( () (

( (

)) ))

( (

) )

, f s = 1600

x t = 5 1 + cos 200! t rect 100t

, f s = 1600

!20 ms < t < 20 ms , !2000 < f < 2000

Part (b). Change (b) to (b)

x t = e! t

() ()

/2

, fs = 5

x t = e! t

/2

, fs = 5

!5 < t < 5 , !15 < f < 15

Part (c). Change (c) to (c)

x t = 10e! t / 20 u t

() ()

() ()

, fs = 1

x t = 10e! t / 20 u t

, fs = 1

!10 < t < 100 , !3 < f < 3

Chapter 13. Page 515. Figures 13.6 and 13.7. All phase graphs are upside down. The figures should look like the ones below.

Causal Lowpass h[n]

h[n]
0.35

|H( F )|
1

-5 -0.05

25

n
-0.6

0.6

x[n]
1 -5

Excitation
25

!H( F ) n
-0.6 25 4

y[n]
1.2 -5-0.2

Response n

0.6 -4

Causal Bandpass h[n]

h[n]
0.25

|H(e j!)|
1

-5 -0.2

25

n
-4 4

x[n]
1 -5

Excitation
25

!H(e j!) n
-4 25 4

y[n]
0.8 -5 -1

Response n

4 -4

Causal Highpass h[n]

h[n]
0.4 -5 -0.6 25

|H( F )|
1

n
-0.6 0.6

x[n]
1 -5

Excitation
25

!H( F ) n
-0.6 25 4

y[n]
0.3 -5 -0.3

Response n

0.6 -4

Causal Bandstop h[n]

h[n]
0.8

|H(e j!)|
1

-5 -0.6

25

n
-4 4

x[n]
1 -5

Excitation
25

!H(e j!) n
-4 25 4

y[n]
1.2 -5-0.2

Response n

4 -4

Chapter 14. Page 542. Figure 14.12. Missing F subscript in vertical axis annotation. Should look like this. |X F (F)|
Rectangle Function

F F F m c 1 - F m
Page 543. Fourth equation from the top of the page should be

x t = Ts )

()

'

&' n = &'

( x! "n# $ rect ( f / 2 f ) e
c

'

j 2% f t & n / fs

df

instead of

x t = Ts )

()

'

%' n = %'

( x! "n# $ rect ( f / 2 f ) e
c

'

% j 2& f t % n / fs

df .

and the fifth equation from the top of the page should be

x t = Ts

()

n = &'

* x! "n# $ ( rect ( f / 2 f ) e
c &'

'

'

df !#### # "##### $ = F &1 ( rect ( f / 2 f c )) t ) t & nTs

j 2 % f t & nTs

instead of

x t = Ts

()

n = %'

* x! "n# $ ( rect ( f / 2 f ) e
c %'

'

'

df . !#### # "##### $ = F %1 ( rect ( f / 2 f c )) t ) t % nTs

% j 2 & f t % nTs

(In both cases, remove a minus sign from the exponent of e.)

Page 560.

Exercise 4. Answers. The answers should be 10, 14, 10, 30, 2, 30 instead of 20, 10, 20, 70, 5, 70.

Page 564.

Exercise 17. The first set of graphs (on the left side) should be replaced by this set.
x(t)
8 -0.25 -8 0.25

|X(f )|
3

t
-15 15

Nyq 8

[n]

|X

Nyq

(F )|

1.5 8

-8 -8

n
-1 1

x [n]
11 8 -8 -8 8

|X (F )|
11 1.5

n
-1 1

(The only change is that the arrows in the upper right-hand graph are now twice as tall as before.) Chapter 15. Page 632. Figure 15.47. Replace figure with this one.

K1 + -p1 X(s) + -p2 1 s 1 s K2 + + + Y(s)

...

... ...
-pN 1 s
(d)
x (t ) =

KN

+ -

(Change second K1 to K 2 .) Page 635. Exercise 6 (d). Missing =. Should be

d (10 cos (15! t ) u (t )) dt

instead of (d) Page 640.

x (t ) d (10 cos (15! t ) u (t )) dt

Exercise 16. The answers should be Three stable, five unstable including three marginally stable. instead of Three stable, four unstable including two marginally stable.

Page 643.

Exercise 22. Change

x t = A cos 10! t u t
to

()

) ()

x t = cos 10! t u t .

()

) ()

Chapter 16 Page 666. Beginning with the equation at the top and extending down to the figure reference (fig. 16.9), replace book text with the following. (Corrects several errors.)

G z =
and let !0 = " / 8 . Then

()

( z ! 0.8e )( z ! 0.8e )
! j" / 4 + j" / 4

z !1

G ze
or
G ze

! j "0

) = G ( ze ) = ( ze
! j# /8

ze! j# /8 ! 1
! j# /8

! 0.8e! j# / 4 ze! j# /8 ! 0.8e+ j# / 4

)(

)
+ j 3" /8

! j" /8

) = e ( z ! 0.8e () e ( z) ! 0.8e
e! j" /8 z ! e j" /8
! j" /8 ! j" /8 ! j" /8

+ j 3" /8

= e j" /8

( z ! 0.8e )( z ! 0.8e
! j" /8

z ! e j" /8

. The original function has finite poles at z = 0.8e j! / 4 and a zero at z = 1 . transformed function G ze

! j" /8

) has finite poles at z = 0.8e

The

! j" /8

and 0.8e

+ j 3" /8

and a zero

at z = e j! /8 . So the finite pole and zero locations have been rotated counterclockwise by ! / 8 radians (fig. 16.9). Page 691. Equation at top of page. Replace with this equation.

H (z) =

( z ! 0.48 + j 0.82 ) ( z ! 0.48 ! j 0.82 ) ( z ! 0.78 + j 0.45 ) ( z ! 0.78 ! j 0.45 )

(Change one plus sign to a minus sign.) Page 713 Exercise 41. Change

(1.1) cos ( 2! n / 16) "$# H ( z )

n Z 1

to
' H (z) (1.1) cos ( 2! n / 16) u " #n$ % &(
n Z 1