2E2 Tutorial Sheet 7 First Term, Solutions12

27 November 2001
1. Find the Z-transform of the sequence (1, 0, 2, 3, 0, 0, . . .). (1)
Solution: So, use the formula
Z[(xi )] =

X
xn
i=0

(1)

zn

to get
Z[(1, 0, 2, 3, 0, 0, . . .)] = 1 +

3
2

z2 z3

(2)

2. Find the Z-transform of the geometric sequence (3, 6, 12, 24, . . .). (2)
Solution: This sequence has the form 3 2n so we can use the formula for the
geometric sequence to get
Z[(3 2n )] = 3Z[(2n )] =

3z
z2

(3)

3. Find the Z-transform of the sequence (0, sinh T, sinh 2T , sinh 3T , . . .). Write your
answer in terms of sinh and cosh. (3)
Solution: Here we use the linearity.
1
1
1
Z[(sinh kT )] = Z[(ekT ekT )] = Z[(ekT )] Z[(ekT )]
2
2
2

(4)

then, by the geometric sequence formula

Z[(ekT )] =

z
z eT

(5)

so


z
z
1

Z[(sinh kT )] =
2 z eT
z eT
eT eT
z
=
2 z 2 z(eT + eT ) + 1
2 sinh T
= 2
z 2z cosh T + 1
1
2

(6)

Conor Houghton, houghton@maths.tcd.ie, see also http://www.maths.tcd.ie/~houghton/2E2.html

Questions 4 adapted from Richard Timoneys problem sheets for last year.

4. Find the sequence with Z-transform

z 4 + 3z 1
z4

(7)

(2)
Solution: rewriting this as

3
1z 4
z3
and considering the definition of the Z transform

(8)

1+

[(xk )
k=0 ] (z)

= Z[(x0 , x1 , x2 , . . .](z) =

X
xk
k=0

zk

(9)

we can see that the required sequence is

(1, 0, 0, 3, 1, 0, 0, 0, . . .)

(10)