RESPONSE2) Zero state responseThe response of a given input DEPENDS on the zero input response.The zero input response in an RLC network is completely determined once the initial inductor CURRENTS and capacitor voltages are known.The Initial capacitor voltages and inductor currents (initial conditions) are termed as the initial states of the system.The capacitor VOLTAGE and the inductor currents at a specified TIME are known as the state variables of the network.States can be considered as variables that carry sufficient information about the history of the system.A purely resistive network has no states at all as it has no storage property.Only a network with energy storage elements or reactive elements will have states as they store the information about the past states.