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== Stable System ==
 
== Stable System ==
An input is said to be bounded if it is bounded above and below for all values of t.  For example, cos(t) is a bounded input since it is bounded above by 1 and below by -1, while exp(t) is not a bounded input since for increasing t, the function increases without bound.  A system is therefore said to be bounded if a bounded output yields a bounded input.  Mathematically this means that there exists an <math> \epsilon \!</math>
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An input is said to be bounded if it is bounded above and below for all values of t.  For example, cos(t) is a bounded input since it is bounded above by 1 and below by -1, while exp(t) is not a bounded input since for increasing t, the function increases without bound.  A system is therefore said to be bounded if a bounded output yields a bounded input.  According to Professor Boutin, mathematically this means that there exists an <math> \epsilon \!</math> such that
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<math>|x(t)| < \epsilon \!</math>

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Stable System

An input is said to be bounded if it is bounded above and below for all values of t. For example, cos(t) is a bounded input since it is bounded above by 1 and below by -1, while exp(t) is not a bounded input since for increasing t, the function increases without bound. A system is therefore said to be bounded if a bounded output yields a bounded input. According to Professor Boutin, mathematically this means that there exists an $ \epsilon \! $ such that $ |x(t)| < \epsilon \! $

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