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TheLaplaceTransformofafunctiony(t)isdefinedby
iftheintegralexists.ThenotationL[y(t)](s)meanstaketheLaplacetransform
ofy(t).Thefunctionsy(t)andY(s)arepartnerfunctions.NotethatY(s)isindeedonlyafunctionofssincethedefiniteintegraliswithrespecttot.
Examples
Lety(t)=exp(t).Wehave
Theintegralconvergesifs>1.Thefunctionsexp(t)and1/(s1)arepartner
functions.
Lety(t)=cos(3t).Wehave
Theintegralconvergesfors>0.Theintegralcanbecomputedbydoing
integrationbypartstwiceorbylookinginanintegrationtable.
ExistenceoftheLaplaceTransform
Ify(t)ispiecewisecontinuousfort>=0andofexponentialorder,then
theLaplaceTransformexistsforsomevaluesofs.Afunctiony(t)isof
exponentialordercifthereisexistconstantsMandTsuchthat
Allpolynomials,simpleexponentials(exp(at),whereaisaconstant),sine
andcosinefunctions,andproductsofthesefunctionsareofexponentialorder.
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Anexampleofafunctionnotofexponentialorderisexp(t^2).Thisfunction
growstoorapidly.Theintegral
doesnotconvergeforanyvalueofs.
TableofLaplaceTransforms
ThefollowingtableliststheLaplaceTransformsforaselectionoffunctions
RulesforComputingLaplaceTransformsofFunctions
ThereareseveralformulasandpropertiesoftheLaplacetransformwhichcan
greatlysimplifycalculationoftheLaplacetransformoffunctions.We
summarizethembelow.Thepropertiescanverifiedusingtheintegral
formulafortheLaplaceTransformandcanbefoundinanytextbook.
Linearity
LikedifferentiationandintegrationtheLaplacetransformationisalinear
operation.Whatdoesthismean?Inwords,itmeansthattheLaplace
transformofaconstanttimesafunctionistheconstanttimesthe
Laplacetransformofthefunction.InadditiontheLaplacetransform
ofasumoffunctionsisthesumoftheLaplacetransforms.
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Letusrestatetheaboveinmathspeak.LetY_1(s)andY_2(s)denote
theLaplacetransformsofy_1(t)andy_2(t),respectively,andletc_1
beaconstant.RecallthatL[f(t)](s)denotestheLaplacetransformof
f(t).Wehave
Asacorollary,wehavethethirdformula:
Hereareseveralexamples:
HerewehaveusedtheresultsinthetablefortheLaplacetransform
oftheexponential.Hereareacoupleofmoreexamples:
TranslationProperty
ThetranslationformulastatesthatY(s)istheLaplacetransformofy(t),then
whereaisaconstant.Hereisanexample.TheLaplacetransformofthe
y(t)=tisY(s)=1/s^2.Hence
LaplaceTransformoftheDerivative
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SupposethattheLaplacetransformofy(t)isY(s).ThentheLaplace
Transformofy'(t)is
Forthesecondderivativewehave
Forthen'thderivativewehave
DerivativesoftheLaplaceTransform
LetY(s)betheLaplaceTransformofy(t).Then
Hereisanexample.SupposewewishtocomputetheLaplace
transformoftsin(t).TheLaplacetransformofsin(t)is1/(s^2+1).
Hence,wehave
GoontotheInverseLaplaceTransform
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