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We direct attention to a widespread oversight concerning linear systems and superposition.

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  1. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, 78712, Austin, TX

    Irwin W. Sandberg

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Sandberg, I.W. The superposition scandal. Circuits Systems and Signal Process 17, 733–735 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01206573

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