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Signals & Systems Demystified

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Over all I thought this was a great book. It reviewed the basics I learned in signals and systems over six years ago and taught me some new concepts I wasn't yet aware of. One piece of evidence I have for the quality of this book is: after reading it I was able to pick up a technical journal and felt like I understood most of what they were talking about. Before reading the book I was lost in the technical journals. The math was a little frustrating, but that was simply because I needed to refresh on some things I've forgotten. If you get this book, make sure you work through the problems, it will help out a lot.
Now, I did feel that the book had a few superficial flaws that should be cleaned up for the next printing. The biggest flaws were the lack of tables. The book even refers to Appendix A and Appendix B, and they don't exist in the book I have. (Page 220 refers to Appendix B, and page 118 refers to Appendix A.) These tables really aren't needed, if you are sitting in front of a computer, but if you are reading this book on the plane during takeoff you may feel lost without those tables. I also feel it would be helpful to add a third appendix of common trig identities.
Overall it is a great book.

Not complete but is more detailed then the Schaums outline on Signals and Systems. This one presumes you know less or have less of a mathmatical background.

Just for a frame of reference, I am an online electronic engineering student and I am nearing the end of multi-year journey towards my bachelors degree with a 3.5 out of 4.0 GPA.

I was having problems in my digital signal processing class. I was looking for THE book to explain everything to me. This is not that book(for me).

In all fairness, I never did find THE book.

DSP is a tough subject, you probably won't find a book to give you the "A-ha!" moment of clarity.

As with most DSP books, this one does great at explaining the concepts of the signal, but very poorly explaining the math behind it. They assume you have a 100% grasp on the advanced math required(which I don't).

Excellent textbook. It fills in many of the math steps typically left out of most used textbooks in colleges.

Gerard Sagliocca, P.E.
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