ANALYSIS

Through the aid of MATLAB, we were able to obtain the solutions

of Linear Constant-Coefficient Differential Equations (LCCDE). In
this experiment, two ways are used to obtain the total solution of
an LCCDE. Namely, by getting the sum of the homogenous
solution and particular solution, and by taking the Inverse Laplace
Transform and partial fraction expansion on C(s). There are
several commands used to obtain the answers to the problems in
this manual. The POLY command converts roots to polynomial.
The ROOTS command finds the polynomial roots. It computes the
roots of the polynomial whose coefficients are the elements of the
vector C. The pole-zero map is plotted using the PZMAP
command. In obtaining the partial fraction expansion, the
command RESIDUE is used. One important command is the
SYM, which is widely used in MATLAB operations since it allows
construction of symbolic numbers, variables and objects to be
used. The command simply declares the variables to be used.
Talking

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The

LAPLACE command performs the Laplace Transform of a scalar

sym F with independent variable t, returned in a function of s. On

the other way around, the ILAPLACE command performs the
Inverse Laplace Transform of a scalar sym L with independent
variable s, returned in a function of t. In the procedure, to obtain
the homogenous solution, the command DSOLVE is used.
However, the solution is not in general form so it must be written
in general form. To obtain the particular solution, since DSOLVE
already gives the total solution, the particular solution is the part
where there are no C coefficients. In determining the total solution
using Laplace Transform, the laplace transform of r(t) and the
partial fraction expansion of the coefficients of the equation is
obtained, and using the inverse laplace to obtain the function in
the time domain.