Proof of the Laplace transform of a function's derivative It is often convenient to use the differentiation property of the Laplace transform

to find the transform of a function's derivative. This can be derived from the basic expression for a Laplace transform as follows: (by parts) yielding and in the bilateral case, we have

The Laplace transform can also be used to solve differential equations and is used extensively in electrical engineering. The Laplace transform reduces a linear differential equation to an algebraic equation, which can then be solved by the formal rules of algebra. The original differential equation can then be solved by applying the inverse Laplace transform. The English electrical engineer Oliver Heaviside first proposed a similar scheme, although without using the Laplace transform; and the resulting operational calculus is credited as the Heaviside calculus. The following examples, derived from applications in physics and engineering, will use SI units of measure. SI is based on meters for distance, kilograms for mass, seconds for time, and amperes for electric current. Example #1: Solving a differential equation Laplace transform use in nuclear physics. Consider the following first-order, linear differential equation: This equation is the fundamental relationship describing radioactive decay, where represents the number of undecayed atoms remaining in a sample of a radioactive isotope at time t (in seconds), andis the decay constant. We can use the Laplace transform to solve this equation. Rearranging the equation to one side, we have Next, we take the Laplace transform of both sides of the equation: where and

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