Schedule

Date	Topic
Class 1 M Jan. 23	Spring model: driving through the dashpot Differential operators. Block diagrams, LTI systems. Complex Gain. RLC: Series circuit with system response = voltage drop across the resistor
Class 2 T Jan. 24	Frequency response; frequency domain; Bode plots; transfer function; Nyquist plot
Class 3 W Jan. 25	Laplace Transform; Initial conditions; Convergence, linearity, t-derivative
Class 4 R Jan. 26	Rules: partial fractions; s-shift, inverse transform Coverup Pset 1 (classes 1-3) due in class.
Class 5 F Jan. 27	Impulses, unit impulse response: weight and transfer. Step response; Heaviside step function
Class 6 M Jan. 30	t-shift, feedback; pole diagram
Class 7 T Jan. 31	Convolution; relation with Laplace transform
Class 8 W Feb. 1	Feedback, 18.031 mascot Review Pset 2 (classes 4-7) due in class.
Class 9 R Feb. 2	One hour exam during class