DEPARTMENT OF APPLIED MATHEMATICS

Assignment-IV
Laplace Transforms
1. Find the Laplace transform of the following functions:
i) 2t-4 ii) 6 sin 2t 5 cos 2t iii) (sin t cos t)
2
iv) sinh
2
3t.
2. Find
i)L{e
t
cos
2
t} ii) L{(t + 2)
2
e
t
} iii) L{cosh at sin at} iv) L{cos 5t}.
3. Find
i)L{t sin
2
t} ii) L{(1 e
t
)/t} iii) L
_
sin

t
_
iv) L{
_
t
0
(sin t/t)dt}.
4. Show that L
_
cos

t
_
=
_

s
e

1
4s
5. Find the Laplace transform of the following function which is periodic with period 2b:
f(t) =
_
t, 0 < t < b;
2b t, b < t < 2b.
6. Find
i) L
1
_
3s+7
s
2
2s3
_
ii) L
1
_
2s
2
+5s4
s
3
+s
2
2s
_
iii) L
1
_
4
s
2
+
(

s1)
2
s
2

5
3s+4
_
iv) L
1
_
1
s
sin
1
s
_
.
7. i) If L
1
_
e

1
s

s
_
=
cos 2

t
, then evaluate: L
1
_
e

a
s

s
_
, a > 0.
ii) If L
1
_
s
2
1
(s
2
+1)
2
_
= t cos t, then nd:
L
1
_
9s
2
1
(9s
2
+ 1)
2
_
.
8. Evaluate
i) L
1
_
s
s
4
+s
2
+1
_
ii) L
1
_
1
s
3
(s
2
+1)
_
iii) L
1
_
ln
_
s
2
+a
2
s
2
b
2
__
iv) L
1
{tan
1 1
s
}
9. Using convolution theorem evaluate: i) L
1
_
1
s
2
(s
2
a
2
)
_
ii) L
1
_
1
s(s
2
+4)
_
10. Solve the following dierential equations using Laplace transform:
i) y

+ 1 = 6 cos 2t, given that y = 3, y

= 1 at t = 0.
ii) y

3y

+ 2y = 1 e
2t
, where y(0) = 1, y

(0) = 0.
11. Express the following in the terms of unit step function and nd its Laplace transform
i)
f(t) =
_
e
t
, 0 < t < 3;
0, t > 3.
ii)
f(t) =
_
cos t, 0 < t ;
1, t < 2.
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