304 Chapter 6.

The Laplace Transform

TABLE 6.2.1 Elementary Laplace Transforms

f (t ) = L−1 { F (s )} F (s ) = L{ f (t )} Notes
1
1. 1 , s>0 Sec. 6.1; Ex. 4
s
1
2. eat , s>a Sec. 6.1; Ex. 5
s−a
n!
3. t n ; n = positive integer , s>0 Sec. 6.1; Prob. 27
s n +1

( p + 1)
4. t p, p > −1 , s>0 Sec. 6.1; Prob. 27
s p+1
a
5. sin at , s>0 Sec. 6.1; Ex. 6
s 2 + a2
s
6. cos at , s>0 Sec. 6.1; Prob. 6
s 2 + a2
a
7. sinh at , s > |a | Sec. 6.1; Prob. 8
s − a2
2

s
8. cosh at , s > |a | Sec. 6.1; Prob. 7
s 2 − a2

b
9. eat sin bt , s>a Sec. 6.1; Prob. 13
(s − a )2 + b 2
s−a
10. eat cos bt , s>a Sec. 6.1; Prob. 14
(s − a )2 + b 2
n!
11. t n eat , n = positive integer , s>a Sec. 6.1; Prob. 18
(s − a )n +1

e−cs
12. u c (t ) , s>0 Sec. 6.3
s

13. u c (t ) f (t − c) e−cs F (s ) Sec. 6.3

14. ect f (t ) F (s − c ) Sec. 6.3

1 s 
15. f (ct ) F , c>0 Sec. 6.3; Prob. 19
c c
t
16. f (t − τ )g (τ ) d τ F (s ) G (s ) Sec. 6.6
0

17. δ(t − c) e−cs Sec. 6.5

18. f (n ) (t ) s n F (s ) − s n −1 f (0) − · · · − f (n −1) (0) Sec. 6.2

19. (−t )n f (t ) F (n) (s ) Sec. 6.2; Prob. 28