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Properties of Even and Odd Signals

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The lecture explains key symmetry properties of continuous-time signals—specifically how even and odd components behave under common operations: time reversal (folding), adding, multiplying, differentiating, integrating, and taking reciprocals.

The goal is to quickly determine whether a resulting signal is even, odd, or neither, and to compute even/odd components efficiently.

Detailed methodology and properties

0) Definitions used (implied throughout)

  • Time reversal / folding: replace (t) with (-t).
  • For a signal (x(t)):
    • Even means: (\;x(-t)=x(t))
    • Odd means: (\;x(-t)=-x(t))
  • Any DC (constant) signal is treated as even.

1) DC value: compute even and odd components

Let (x(t)=10) (a DC signal). Since (x(t)=10) for all (t),

  • (x(-t)=10)

Therefore:

  • The signal is even
  • The odd component is zero

Components:

  • Odd component: [ x_o(t)=0 ]

  • Even component: [ x_e(t)=\text{DC value}=10 ]

Using formulas:

  • [ x_e(t)=\frac{1}{2}\big[x(t)+x(-t)\big] ] [ \frac{1}{2}(10+10)=10 ]

  • [ x_o(t)=\frac{1}{2}\big[x(t)-x(-t)\big] ] [ \frac{1}{2}(10-10)=0 ]

2) Adding an even signal to a DC value

Statements/results (two cases):

  • DC + even = even
  • even + even = even

Example:

  • (x(t)=10+t^2)

  • Time reversal: [ x(-t)=10+(-t)^2=10+t^2 ]

  • The form stays the same, so the result is even.

3) Adding an odd signal to a DC value

Key conclusion:

  • DC + odd = neither even nor odd

Example:

  • (x(t)=10+t^3)

  • Time reversal: [ x(-t)=10+(-t)^3=10-t^3 ]

  • This is:

    • not equal to (x(t)) (\Rightarrow) not even
    • not equal to (-x(t)) (\Rightarrow) not odd

Additional notes:

  • DC is even, and adding an odd signal to an even (DC) signal produces neither even nor odd.
  • More generally:
    • A general signal is typically neither even nor odd, and can be decomposed into even + odd components.

4) Multiplication properties

Let:

  • Even signals be denoted conceptually as (E)
  • Odd signals as (O)

4.1 Even × Even = Even

Example: [ x(t)=t^2\cdot t^4=t^6 ] Since (t^6) has an even power, it is even.

4.2 Odd × Odd = Even

Example: [ x(t)=t^3\cdot t^5=t^8 ] Odd powers (t^3) and (t^5) multiply to give an even power, so the product is even.

4.3 Odd × Even = Odd

Example: [ x(t)=t^3\cdot t^6=t^9 ] Odd power (\Rightarrow) odd.

5) Differentiation properties (and exception)

5.1 Differentiate even → odd

Conclusion: [ \frac{d}{dt}(\text{even})=\text{odd} ]

Exception mentioned (DC values):

  • The rule is not valid for DC values.
  • DC is even; differentiating (10) gives (0).
  • The zero signal is not described as odd in that special case, so they say the rule doesn’t apply there.

5.2 Differentiate odd → even

Conclusion: [ \frac{d}{dt}(\text{odd})=\text{even} ]

6) Integration properties

6.1 Integrate even → odd

[ \int (\text{even})\,dt=\text{odd} ]

6.2 Integrate odd → even

[ \int (\text{odd})\,dt=\text{even} ]

7) Reciprocal ((1/x)) properties

  • If the signal is odd:

    • [ \frac{1}{\text{odd}}=\text{odd} ]

  • If the signal is even:

    • [ \frac{1}{\text{even}}=\text{even} ]

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