Laplace Transforms and its

properties

Submitted to:- Meenu Chawla

 What is Laplace Transforms?
Let f(t) be a function of t defined
for all +ve values of t. Then the
laplace transformation of f(t) is :-


 s t
L  f (t )  F ( s ), e f (t ) dt
0
 
 f (t ) dt  F ( s)
 s t
When e
0

F ( s ) is the Laplace transform of f (t ).

Write L  f (t )  F ( s ),
L  y (t )  Y ( s ),
L  x(t )  X ( s ), etc.
 Condition for existence
The Laplace transformation of f(t) i.e.



 s t
e f (t ) dt exist for s>a, if

1)f(t) must be continuous.

2)Limit t tends to infinity of {e-at f(t) is
finite.
Transforms of some elementary function

1) L(1) = 1/s (s > 0)

2) L(tn) =n!/sn+1 [ when n=0,1,2,3….]
3) L(eat) = 1/s-a (s > a)
4) L(sin at) = a/(s2 + a2) (s > 0)
5) L(cos at) = s/(s2 + a2) (s > 0)
6) L(sinh at) = a/(s2 - a2) (s > |a|)
7) L(cosh at) = s/(s2 - a2) (s > |a|)
 Properties of Laplace
transformation

1)Linearity property
2)First shifting property
3)Change of scale property
 Linearity Property
If a, b, c, be any constant and f, g, h any
function of t, then:-

L[a f(t) + b g(t) – c h(t)] = a L{f(t)} +

b L{g(t)} +
c L{h(t)}
Because of the above property of L, it is
called a linear operator.
 Proof of linearity propery
Let L[a f(t) + b g(t) – c h(t)] = s(t)


L.H.S= s(t)
e
s t
dt
0
=  f(t) + g(t)

+ h(t)


 dt 
 st
e
 st
e dt  st
e dt
=aL{f(t)} + bL{g(t)} + cL{h(t)}
0
0 0

(Proved)
 First shifting property
_
If L{f(t)} = f (s), then

_
L{ eat f(t)} = f (s-a)
 Proof of first shifting property



By definition – L{eatf(t)} =  s t
e
eatf(t) dt
0

= f(t) st
_
0

e_ dt
Where r=s-a = f(r) = f(s-a)

Thus if we know the transform f(s) of f(t), we can

write the transform of eat f(t) simply replacing s
by.
 Application of property of laplace
transformation

Application of this property leads to the following

result:-
1)L(eat) = 1/s-a
2)L(eattn) = n!/(s-a)n+1
3)L(eat sin bt) = b/(s-a)2 + b2
4)L(eat cos bt) = (s-a)/(s-a)2 + b2
5)L(eat sinh bt) = b/(s-a)2 - b2
6)L(eat cosh bt) = (s-a)/(s-a)2 - b2
 Change of scale property
_
If L{f(t)} = f(s), Then

_
L{f(at)} = 1/a*f(s/a)
Proof of change of scale property
 
L{f(at)} = =
e
f(at)  st
e dt
 st
dt (by putting at = u

0 0 so that dt = du/a)

=1/a 


 st
e
=(1/a){f(s/a)}
dt
0

(proved)
Any query
Submitted by:-
Vikas Kumar
Vidur Malik