Title :
Causality and the impulse response scandal
Author :
Sandberg, Irwin W.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX, USA
fDate :
6/1/2003 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
In a recent study of a family of continuous input-output maps representing linear time-invariant systems that take a set of continuous-time signals into themselves, it is shown that the family contains maps the impulse response of which is the zero function, but which take certain inputs into nonzero outputs. Here we show that such maps exist that satisfy the additional condition that they are causal.
Keywords :
causality; continuous time systems; linear systems; signal processing; transient response; causality; continuous input-output maps; continuous-time signals; impulse response scandal; linear time-invariant systems; zero function; Application software; Circuits; Linear systems; Mathematics;
Journal_Title :
Circuits and Systems I: Fundamental Theory and Applications, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TCSI.2003.812614