TABLE OF LAPLACE TRANSFORMS

Revision G
By Tom Irvine
Email: tomirvine@aol.com
November 24, 2010

Operation Transforms
N F(s) f (t) , t > 0


1.1 Y(s)   exp( st) y( t )dt y(t) , definition of Laplace transform
0
1 c  j
j 2 c  j
y( t )  exp(st)Y(s)ds
1.2 Y(s)
inversion formula

1.3 sYsy0 y(t) , first derivative

1.4 s 2 Ys   sy(0)  y(0) y( t ) , second derivative

s n Ys   s n 1[ y(0)]

1.5  s n  2 [ y(0)]    s [ y (n  2) (0)] y (n ) ( t ) , nth derivative
 [ y (n 1) (0)]

Fs 
1 t
1.6
s 0 Y()d , integration
t
1.7 F(s)G(s) 0 f (t  )g()d , convolution integral

1 s
1.8 F  f(t), scaling
 

1.9 F(s - ) exp(t) f(t), shifting in the s plane

1 s  exp  t f (t ) ,

1.10 F   
   combined scaling and shifting

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 Function Transforms
N F(s) f (t) , t > 0

2.1 1 t, unit impulse at t = 0

2.2 s d
( t ) , doublet impulse at t = 0
dt

2.3 exp(- s (t  )

1 u(t) , unit step

2.4
s

1
2.5 exp(  s) u(t  )
s

1
2.6 t
s2

1
, n  1, 2, 3, .... t n 1
2.7a
sn (n  1)!

n!
2.7b , n  1, 2, 3, ....
s n 1 tn

t k 1
1
, k is any real number > 0
k ,
2.8 s ( k )
the Gamma function is given in Appendix A

1
2.9 exp( t )
s

1 t exp( t )
2.10
(s  ) 2

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 Function Transforms
N F(s) f (t) , t > 0
1  t n 1 
2.11 , n  1, 2, 3, ....   exp( t )
s   n  (n  1)!


1  exp( t )
ss   
2.12

1
, 
1
exp( t )  exp(t )
2.13
s   s     
1 1 exp( t ) exp( t )
,   
ss   s  
2.14
 (  ) (  )

s
, 
1
 exp(t )   exp(t )
2.15
s   s     

2.16a sin t 
s2  2
sin()s  cos()
2.16b sin t  
s2  2
s
cost 
2.17
s2  2

s2  2
2.18 2 t cost 
 s 2   2 
 
1 1
1  cost 
s s 2   2 
2.19
  2
1
2.20  s 2   2 
2
1
sin(t )  t cost 
2 3
 
s
2.21  s 2   2 
2
1
t sin(t )
2
 

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 Function Transforms
N F(s) f (t) , t > 0

s2 1
sin(t )  t cost 
2.22 2 2
 s 2   2 
 
1  
,    1 
 sin t   sin t 
1 1
2.23  s 2  2  s 2   2  
  
 2   2   
  


2.24 t
1
1  exp  t 
s 2 s    


2.25 exp  t sint 
s   2   2
s
2.26 exp  t cost 
s   2   2
s      
2.27 exp  t cost     sin t 
s   2   2     

s  2  2 
2.28 sin t  ,   arctan  
s 2  2  

1
sinh t 
1
2.29
s2  2 

s
2.30 cosht 
s2  2


arctan  
sin t 
2.31 1
s
t

1 1
2.32
s t

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 Function Transforms
N F(s) f (t) , t > 0

exp  t 
1 1
2.33
s t

1 t
2.34 2
s3 
1
2.35 J o (t ) ,
s2  2 Bessel function given in Appendix A
1
t
2.36  s 2   2 
3/ 2   J1 (t )

 

1 I o (t ) ,
2.37
s2  2 Modified Bessel function given in
Appendix A
1
t
2.38  s 2   2 
3/ 2   I1 (t )

 

s   s 
1
exp t   exp t 
2.39 2t  t

References

1. Jan Tuma, Engineering Mathematics Handbook, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1979.

2. F. Oberhettinger and L. Badii, Table of Laplace Transforms, Springer-Verlag,
N.Y.,1972.
3. M. Abramowitz and I. Stegun, editors, Handbook of Mathematical Functions
With Formulas, Graphs, and Mathematical Tables, National Bureau of Standards,
Washington, D.C., 1964.

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 APPENDIX A

Gamma Function

Integral


( x )   t x 1 e  t dt, x0 (A-1)
0

Series

lim 
 n x n! 

( x )    (A-2)
n    x ( x  1) ( x  2) ( x  n ) 
 

Bessel Function of the First Kind

Zero Order

J o x   1 
x / 22  x / 24  x / 26   (A-3)
1!2 2 !2 3 !2
First Order

x  x / 22 x / 24 x / 26 

J1 x       J o x 
d
1    (A-4)
2
 2 1!2 3 2 !2 4 3 !2  dx

Modified Bessel Function of the First Kind

Zero Order

I o x   1 
x / 22  x / 24  x / 26   (A-5)
1!2 2 !2 3 !2

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First Order

x  x / 22 x / 24 x / 26  d

I1 x   1       I o x  (A-6)
2
 2 1 !2 3 2 !2 4 3 !2 

dx