This document discusses the z-transform and inverse z-transform. The z-transform provides a technique to analyze discrete time signals and systems. There are three main methods for the inverse z-transform: synthetic division, partial fraction expansion, and power series expansion. Synthetic division can be used for rational z-transforms, partial fraction expansion decomposes complex fractions, and power series expansion inverts finite length series term by term. The inverse z-transform recovers the original discrete time signal from its z-transform.