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6.5: Impulse functions

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    Unit impulse function = Dirac delta function is a generalized function with the properties:

    1. \(\delta(t) =0, t \not=0\)
    2. \(\int_{\infty}^{-\infty} \delta(t) dt =1\)
    3. \(\mathcal{L}(\delta(t-t_0))=e^{-s t_0}\)

    Since the first item is just a definition we will prove 2. and 3.

    Proof of 2.

    We let \(d_k(t) = \begin{cases} \frac{1}{2k} \quad -k <t<k \\ 0 \quad t \leq -k \\ 0 \quad t \geq -k  \end{cases}\)

    We note that \(\lim_{k \to 0} d_k(t)=0\) if \(t \not=0\) and \(\lim_{k \to 0} \int_{-\int}^{\int} d_k(t) = \lim_{k \to 0} 1=1 = \int_{-\infty}^{\infty}\delta(t) dt.\)

    Proof of 3.

    \[\notag
    \begin{align}
    \mathcal{L}(\delta(t-t_0)) &= \lim_{k \to 0^+}\mathcal{L}\left(d_k(t-t_0)\right) \notag\\
    &= \lim_{k \to 0} \int_0^{\infty}e^{-st}\left(d_k(t-t_0)\right)dt \notag \\
    &= \lim _{k \to 0} \frac{1}{2 k} \int_{t_0-k}^{t_0+k} e^{-s t} d t \notag\\
    &= \lim _{k \to 0} \frac{-1}{2 s k} e^{-s t} \Big|_{t_0-k} ^{t_0+k} \notag\\
    &= \lim _{k \to 0} \frac{1}{2 s k} e^{-s t_0}\left(e^{s k}-e^{-s k}\right) \notag\\
    & =\lim _{k \to 0} \frac{\sinh (s k)}{s k} e^{-s t_0}\notag\\
    &=\lim _{k \to 0} \frac{s \cosh (s k)}{s} e^{-s t_0}=e^{-s t_0} \notag
    \end{align}
    \]

    Note

    The following are some useful identities:

    1. \(\sin (t)=\frac{e^{i t}-e^{-i t}}{2 i}\)
    2. \(\cos (t)=\frac{e^{i t}+e^{-i t}}{2}\)
    3. \(\sinh (t)=\frac{e^t-e^{-t}}{2}\)
    4. \(\cosh (t)=\frac{e^t+e^{-t}}{2}\)
    5. \( [\sinh(t)]' = \cosh(t)\)
    6. \( [\cosh(t)]' = \sinh(t)\)
    7. \(\sinh (0)=\frac{e^0-e^0}{2}=0\)
    8. \(\cosh (0)=\frac{e^0+e^0}{2}=1\)

    Intro to Group Theory
    Define the \(\cdot\) product on \(R^2\) by
    \[ \notag
    \left(x_1, y_1\right) \cdot\left(x_2, y_2\right)=\left(x_1 x_2-y_1 y_2, x_1 y_2-y_1 x_2\right)
    \]

    Note \(\cdot\) is
    1.) commutative:\( \left(x_1, y_1\right) \cdot\left(x_2, y_2\right)=\left(x_1 x_2-y_1 y_2, x_1 y_2-y_1 x_2\right) =\left(x_2 x_1-y_2 y_1, x_2 y_1-y_2 x_1\right)=\left(x_2, y_2\right) \cdot\left(x_1, y_1\right)\)
    2.) associative: \((f \cdot g) \cdot h=f \cdot(g \cdot h)\)
    3.) distributive w.r.t \(+: f \cdot\left(g_1+g_2\right)=f \cdot g_1+f \cdot g_2\)
    4.) \(\left(x_1, y_1\right) \cdot(0,0)=(0,0)\)

    Note: \((0,1) \cdot(0,1)=(-1,0)\)

     


    This page titled 6.5: Impulse functions is shared under a not declared license and was authored, remixed, and/or curated by Isabel K. Darcy.

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