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Center of Gravity

In this problem, the following are Fourier transform pairs:

\begin{displaymath}
\begin{array}
{c}
s(t) \leftrightarrow S(f) \\ h(t) \leftrightarrow H(f) \\ y(t) \leftrightarrow Y(f)\end{array}\end{displaymath}

1.
Show that the following is a Fourier transform pair

\begin{displaymath}
t \cdot s(t) \leftrightarrow
\frac{\mbox{j}}{2\pi} S^{\prime}(f) =
\frac{\mbox{j}}{2\pi} \frac{dS(f)}{df}.\end{displaymath}

2.
The ``center of gravity'' for a signal s(t) is defined as

\begin{displaymath}
t_s = \frac{\int_{-\infty}^{\infty} t \cdot s(t)\, dt}
 {\int_{-\infty}^{\infty} s(t)\, dt}.\end{displaymath}

Express ts in terms of S(f) (and it's derivative).
3.
Let s(t) be the input to a linear, time-invariant system with impulse response h(t). The output of the system is y(t). The ``centers of gravity'' of s(t), h(t), and y(t) are ts, th, and ty, respectively. Find an expression for ty in terms of ts and th.

Hint: Remember, $\int_{-\infty}^{\infty} s(t)\,dt = S(0)$.



Prof. Bernd-Peter Paris
3/2/1998