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A system is memoryless if for any <math> t \in \mathbb{R} </math> the output at <math> t_0 \, </math> depends only on the input at <math> t_0 \, </math>
 
A system is memoryless if for any <math> t \in \mathbb{R} </math> the output at <math> t_0 \, </math> depends only on the input at <math> t_0 \, </math>
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In other words it doesn't depend on past or future events or information.
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==System With Memory==
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A system has memory it's output at any given time depends somehow on either a past and/or future event or piece of information.
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==Causal System==
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A system is causal if it's output at any time doesn't depend on a future event/piece of information. In other words it's output at any given time only depends on past or present events/information.
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==Non-causal System==
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Any system thats output at any given time depends on a future event or piece of information isn't a causal system.

Revision as of 10:00, 17 September 2008

Memoryless System

A system is memoryless if for any $ t \in \mathbb{R} $ the output at $ t_0 \, $ depends only on the input at $ t_0 \, $

In other words it doesn't depend on past or future events or information.

System With Memory

A system has memory it's output at any given time depends somehow on either a past and/or future event or piece of information.

Causal System

A system is causal if it's output at any time doesn't depend on a future event/piece of information. In other words it's output at any given time only depends on past or present events/information.

Non-causal System

Any system thats output at any given time depends on a future event or piece of information isn't a causal system.

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