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phoenixy
I have some trouble wrapping my head around singularity

One of assignment question is to show that the unit function is not defined at 0. To do that, I need to show

[tex]\lim_{\Delta\to0}[u_{\Delta}(t)\delta(t)]=0[/tex]
[tex]\lim_{\Delta\to0}[u_{\Delta}(t)\delta_{\Delta}(t)]=\frac{1}{2}\delta(t)[/tex]


Also, I need to show that the following is identical to u(t)
[tex]g(t)=\int u(t)\delta(t-\tau)d\tau[/tex]
integrating from negative infinity to positive infinity


One more question, what's the derivative of the impulse function?

PS: what's the tex code for integration from infinity to infinity? I tried \int_-\infty^+\infty, but the tex output is messed up
 
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thanks dex,


still need help with the signularity functions ...
 
Hello very body
i got confused understanding how we can get the derivative of V(t) equal to Hv(t) :


V= (1/R) e^(-t/RC) U(t) its derivative V' = Hv(t) = -(1/R²C)e^(-T/RC) U(t) +(1/R)&(t)
where : U(t) is the unite step fonction and &(t) is the delta fonction
please some help
thanks for your time
 
phoenixy said:
thanks dex,


still need help with the signularity functions ...

Second part:

The Kronecker delta is non zero only when the parameter in its brackets is equal to zero. So for the integral, its only when tao is equal to t that delta(t) is non zero. Set tau=t, and you have the result.

The derivative of the step function is the Kronecker delta function. check this out
http://mathworld.wolfram.com/HeavisideStepFunction.html
 
It is Dirac Delta function that is mentioned here. Kronecker Delta is different.
 
tanujkush said:
Second part:

The Kronecker delta is non zero only when the parameter in its brackets is equal to zero. So for the integral, its only when tao is equal to t that delta(t) is non zero. Set tau=t, and you have the result.

The derivative of the step function is the Kronecker delta function. check this out
http://mathworld.wolfram.com/HeavisideStepFunction.html

Oh sorry, I meant the Dirac delta function, not the Kronecker, my bad.