System properties e.g. causality/memory (Signals and Systems)

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Homework Statement



Determine if the system y(t) = sin(x(t)) is time invariant, linear, causal, and/or memoryless.

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The system is time invariant and is non-linear, but I don't understand why it is causal and has memory.
 
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TsAmE said:
The system is time invariant and is non-linear, but I don't understand why it is causal and has memory.

How do you know this? Is the the answer? Do we know anything about x(t)?
 
The output, y(t), does not depend on future values of the input, x(t), so: causal. The output does not depend on past values of the input, so: no memory.