MATH 215/255

Fall 2014

Assignment 6

6.1, 6.2
Solutions to selected exercises can be found in [Lebl], starting from page 303.
6.1.8: Find the Laplace transform of cos2 (t).

t if t 1,
6.1.12: Find the Laplace transform of f (t) =
0 if t < 1.
6.1.13: Find the inverse Laplace transform of

s
.
(s2 + s + 2)(s + 4)

6.1.102: Find the inverse Laplace transform of

8
.
+ 2)

s3 (s

6.1.104: Find the Laplace transform of sin(t)et .

6.2.2: Using the Heaviside function write down the piecewise function that is 0 for
t < 0, t2 for t in [0, 1], and t for t > 1.
6.2.6: Solve x00 + x = u(t 1) for initial conditions x(0) = 0 and x0 (0) = 0.
simplified 6.2.8: Solve x000 + x = 0 for initial conditions x(0) = 1, x0 (0) = 0, and
x00 (0) = 0.
6.2.9: Show the second shifting property: L{f (t a)u(t a)} = eas L{f (t)}.
6.2.102: Solve x00 x = (t2 1)u(t 1) for initial conditions x(0) = 1, x0 (0) = 2
using the Laplace transform.