3.1 CHAPTER PREVIEW3.2 POLES, ZEROS AND THE s-PLANE3.3 POLE–ZERO DIAGRAMS FOR CONTINUOUS SIGNALS3.4 SELF-ASSESSMENT TEST3.5 RECAP3.6 FROM THE s-PLANE TO THE z-PLANE3.7 STABILITY AND THE z-PLANE3.8 DISCRETE SIGNALS AND THE z-PLANE3.9 ZEROS3.10 THE NYQUIST FREQUENCY3.11 SELF-ASSESSMENT TEST3.12 THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE LAPLACE AND z-TRANSFORM3.13 RECAP3.14 THE FREQUENCY RESPONSE OF CONTINUOUS SYSTEMS3.15 SELF-ASSESSMENT TEST3.16 THE FREQUENCY RESPONSE OF DISCRETE SYSTEMS3.17 UNSTABLE SYSTEMS3.18 SELF-ASSESSMENT TEST3.19 RECAP3.20 CHAPTER SUMMARY3.21 PROBLEMS