GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

SCHOOL of ELECTRICAL and COMPUTER ENGINEERING

ECE 2026
Spring 2016
Problem Set #2
Assigned: 18-Jan-16
Due Date: Week of 25-Jan-16

Quiz #1 will be held during lectures on Friday 05-Feb-2016. It will cover material from Chapter 2, as
represented in Problem Sets #1, #2, and #3.
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Closed book, calculators permitted, and one hand-written formula sheet (1 8 12 1100 , both sides)
Reading: In SP-First, all of Ch. 2, and App. A on Complex Numbers.
The web site for the course uses t-square: https://t-square.gatech.edu
ONLY the STARRED problems should be turned in for grading.
Some of the problems have solutions that are similar to those found on the SP-First CD-ROM.
Your homework is due in recitation at the beginning of class. After the beginning of your assigned
recitation time, the homework is considered late and will be given a zero.

PROBLEM 2.1*:
Complex exponentials obey the expected rules of calculus when doing integrals and derivatives, i.e.,
when c is a complex number
Z t2
d ct
1
e = cect
and
ect dt = (ect2 ect1 )
dt
c
t1

Consider the complex signal z(t) = Zej0.5t where Z = j 3.

(a) Evaluate the definite integral of z(t) over the range 0 t 1.0:

Z1.0
z(t)dt = ?
0

Note that integrating a complex quantity follows the expected rules of algebra: you could integrate the
real and imaginary parts separately, but you can also use the integration formula for an exponential
directly on z(t), which is much easier.
Z2
(b) Evaluate the definite integral of z(t) squared over the range 0 t 2:

z 2 (t)dt = ?

(c) Recall that the magnitude squared |z|2 of a complex number z is equal to (z )z, where z is the

2 2
Z
conjugate of z. Evaluate the following definite integral:
z (t)z(t)dt = ?
0

Z4
(d) Evaluate

(z(t) + z (t))2 dt.

PROBLEM 2.2*:
Each part of this problem is independent of the others.
(a) Find TWO values of satisfying < such that Re{(1 +

3j)ej } = 0.

(b) Plot the complex vector (1 j)j 21 .

(c) Make a plot of |e(1+j
(d) If 3.3 exp(j/3) =

2e2 )t |

1+j
a+jb ,

over 0 t 1. (Be sure to notice the magnitude bars!)

find a and b.

PROBLEM 2.3*:
(a) By using the geometric series formula:
b1
X

rk =

k=a

ra rb
1r

show that the following identity is true:

N
1
X

ej2k/N = 0

k=0

A generalized restatement of this identity is that the sum of N equal-length vectors whose angles differ
by 2/N radians is zero. For example, when N = 12 the angular separation has to be 2/12 rads.
which is 30 .
(b) Simplify the expression:

3N
X

ej2(k)/N , which is the sum of 3N complex exponentials.

k=1

(c) Simplify the expression:

8
X

ej2(k+ 2 )/10 , which is the sum of 9 complex exponentials. Express

k=0

your answer in polar form.

(d) Identify N unique complex numbers which are all N th roots of 1. How many are there? For N = 16
plot them in the complex plane.
(e) Simplify the expression:

4
X

ej2(k

2 )/6

, which is the sum of 5 complex exponentials, by writing out

k=0

all the terms, and then grouping subsets that have simple answers. Express your answer in polar form.

PROBLEM 2.4:
Solve problem P-A.14 in your textbook.

PROBLEM 2.5*:
Let a be a real number. Using what you learned in Problem 1, evaluate the following expression and
leave it in terms of a:
Z

et ejat dt = ?

(Do not forget that et approaches 0 as t approaches .)

PROBLEM 2.6*:
Solve the following complex number problems:
(a) Find the real numbers p and q such that the following equation is true:
jp
= 0.2ej/6
q + j12
(b) Find real numbers and such that the following equation is true:
(5ej )(3 + j) = 75
Note: there are two different answer sets for { , }, so find both of them.