Exercise · ZW-POLES-ZEROS-AND-STABILITY-004 · ★☆☆ Basic

What condition must a pole of a causal system satisfy for the system to be stable?

Choose one option.

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  • C. Lying inside the unit circle

Explanation

BIBO stability of a causal system requires all its poles to lie inside the unit circle. The option with modulus greater than one describes exactly the instability condition.

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The poles and zeros of a discrete-time transfer function \(H(z)\) are the values of \(z\) where \(H(z)\) vanishes or diverges.

\[|p_k| < 1 \quad \forall k\]

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