Shift and Convolution Theorems

In this section, we prove the highly useful shift theorem and convolution theorem for unilateral z transforms. We consider the space of infinitely long, causal, complex sequences , , with for .

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Subsections

• Shift Theorem
• Convolution Theorem

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written by Julius Orion Smith III
Julius Smith's background is in electrical engineering (BS Rice 1975, PhD Stanford 1983). He is presently Professor of Music and Associate Professor (by courtesy) of Electrical Engineering at Stanford's Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA), teaching courses and pursuing research related to signal processing applied to music and audio systems. See http://ccrma.stanford.edu/~jos/ for details.