ERRATA

Fundamentals of Signals and Systems Using The Web and MATLAB
Second Edition
by Edward Kamen and Bonnie Heck

The known errors in the textbook are listed below. Please report any new errors in the textbook or in the solutions manual to Bonnie Heck at bonnie.heck@ece.gatech.edu.

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 Correction

 32
Figure 1.29: the car figure does not belong; only the y(t) vs Time plot should be there.

 49
 Problem 1.7 (c): the second cos(t) should be labeled sin(t)

 51
 Problem 1.14(c) graph should indicate that x(t) = 0 for t< 0.

54
Problem 1.24: Rather than say "y(t) is the zero-state response to x(t)", the problem statement should say "y(t) is the response of the system to x(t). Assume that the system is initially at rest." Part (a) should be modified to read y(t)=x(t)+1 if x(t) not equal to zero, otherwise, y(t) = 0.

 88
 Problem 2(e): x(t) = u(t) not x(0) = u(t), also, an error exists in the solutions manual

98

Problem 2.34 (c) use the values of T = 0.1, T = 0.5 and T = 1 sec for the three cases. Simulate for 80 seconds.

Part (e) Use T = 0.1 sec and simulate for 100 seconds.

 135
 Problem 3.1 (e) should read y[n+2]+1/4y[n+1]-3/8y[n] = 2x[n+2]-3x[n].

 138
 Problem 3.14 (d) is a duplication of part (a).

139
Problem 3.23: the figure referenced should be Figure P3.23.

 153
 Figure 4.5: the axis for |c_k| should be labeled 0.25 and 0.5 not 25 and 5.

160
 Subscript for c in the equation should be a "k" not an "n"

 201
 Problem 4.22(b): Should be x(t)=t*exp(-t)*u(t) not x(t) = t*exp(-1)*u(t)

 216
 Equation (5.40) should have a dw (omega) not a dt

294
Problem 6.10: Plot magnitude only. Part (d) should have instead of p in denominator of argument. Lastly, this problem should have been 6.1 (that is, the material is the most basic in the chapter so it should have been the first problem).

351
Problem 7.6: Use either the definition of the inverse DTFT or the properties to solve. In part (b): The curve on the left should be shifted to the right by pi/3, and the curve on the right should be shifted to the left by pi/3. The function should be periodic with period 2*pi.

 352
 Problem 7.9(b): missing an "=" , should read x[1] = 0

 453
Figure 9.9: delta = 0 and delta = 1 in figure should be zeta = 0 and zeta = 1

 477
 The corner frequency is off by approximately 3 dB, not exactly 3dB. It should be exactly off by
20 log10(sqrt(2))

 558
 The first sentence on the page might be better stated "... such that z is not equal 0."

 571
 Equation (11.59): k should be replaced by n inside the integral, so it should be z^(n-1)

 572
The table entry u[n]+u[n-q] should be the pulse, u[n]-u[n-q]

 573

Example 11.15, Inverse z-Transform via Long Division:

z^3 + 2 + 4z^-1 should be z^2 + 2 + 4z^-1 under the z^2 - 1 line.