Part B: The Basics of Linearity

Linear System Properties

The System takes the input and creates an output following these guidelines:

$ e^{2jt} \rightarrow System \rightarrow te^{-2jt}\! $

$ e^{-2jt} \rightarrow System \rightarrow te^{2jt}\! $

Therefore the System modifies the signal accordingly:

$ x(t) \rightarrow System \rightarrow tx(-t)\! $


Linear System's response to Cos(2t)

(Modified after seeing Christen Juzeszyn's answer)

Following this particular Linear System's properties:

Using Euler's formula for cos(2t):

$ \frac{1}{2}e^{2jt} + \frac{1}{2}e^{-2jt} = \frac{1}{2}cos(2t) + \frac{1}{2}isin(2t) + \frac{1}{2}cos(2t) - \frac{1}{2}isin(2t) = cos(2t) \! $

$ cos(2t) \rightarrow System \rightarrow tcos(2t)\! $

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