Kevin Ortiz

A05128012
MAE 143A
January 26, 2007

Homework 1

1. a) delta t = 0.1:
1

0.8

0.6

0.4

0.2

-0.2

-0.4

-0.6

-0.8

-1
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20

delta t = 0.5:

0.8

0.6

0.4

0.2

-0.2

-0.4

-0.6

-0.8

-1
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20
delta t = 0.9:

0.8

0.6

0.4

0.2

-0.2

-0.4

-0.6

-0.8

-1
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20

delta t = 1.5:

0.8

0.6

0.4

0.2

-0.2

-0.4

-0.6

-0.8

-1
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20
 delta t = 2.0:
-15
x 10
0.5

-0.5

-1

-1.5

-2

-2.5
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20

The maximum time increment is delta t = 0.5 since that’s before the graph starts to have a
huge change in frequency. For the delta t = 2, I expected the graph to be similar to a
sloped line since the graph began to get steeper and steeper as delta t became a higher
number.

1. b)
delta t = 0.1:
1

0.8

0.6

0.4

0.2

-0.2

-0.4

-0.6

-0.8

-1
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20
 delta t = 0.5:

0.8

0.6

0.4

0.2

-0.2

-0.4

-0.6

-0.8

-1
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20

delta t = 1.5:

0.8

0.6

0.4

0.2

-0.2

-0.4

-0.6

-0.8
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20
 delta t = 2:

0.9

0.8

0.7

0.6

0.5

0.4

0.3

0.2

0.1
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20

The maximum time increment is 0.5 since that’s right before the graph starts to have a
huge difference in frequency.

1. c) delta t = 0.1:

1.2

0.8

0.6

0.4

0.2

-0.2
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20
 delta t = 1:

1.2

0.8

0.6

0.4

0.2

-0.2
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20

delta t = 2:

1.2

0.8

0.6

0.4

0.2

-0.2
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20
 delta t = 3:

1.2

0.8

0.6

0.4

0.2

-0.2
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18

The maximum time increment is where delta t = 2 since the graph is still smooth at that
point.

2. a) the signal is periodic. With delta t = 0.05:

2

1.5

0.5

-0.5

-1

-1.5

-2
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20

This signal is periodic with a fundamental period of 10.

 2. b) This signal is also periodic. With delta t = 0.4:

1.5

0.5

-0.5

-1
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20

This signal is periodic. The fundamental period is 2.

3. a)

3. b)