6.

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TABLE 6.2.1 Elementary Laplace Transforms

f (t) = L1 { F(s)} F(s) = L{ f (t)} Notes
1
1. 1 , s>0 Sec. 6.1; Ex. 4
s
1
2. eat , s>a Sec. 6.1; Ex. 5
sa
n!
3. t n , n = positive integer , s>0 Sec. 6.1; Prob. 31
sn+1
(p + 1)
4. t p , p > 1 , s>0 Sec. 6.1; Prob. 31
sp+1
a
5. sin at , s>0 Sec. 6.1; Ex. 7
s 2 + a2
s
6. cos at , s>0 Sec. 6.1; Prob. 6
s 2 + a2
a
7. sinh at , s > |a| Sec. 6.1; Prob. 8
s 2 a2
s
8. cosh at , s > |a| Sec. 6.1; Prob. 7
s 2 a2
b
9. eat sin bt , s>a Sec. 6.1; Prob. 13
(s a)2 + b2
sa
10. eat cos bt , s>a Sec. 6.1; Prob. 14
(s a)2 + b2
n!
11. t n eat , n = positive integer , s>a Sec. 6.1; Prob. 18
(s a)n+1

ecs
12. uc (t) , s>0 Sec. 6.3
s

13. uc (t)f (t c) ecs F(s) Sec. 6.3

14. ect f (t) F(s c) Sec. 6.3

1 s
15. f (ct) F , c>0 Sec. 6.3; Prob. 25
c c
 t
16. f (t )g() d F(s)G(s) Sec. 6.6
0

17. (t c) ecs Sec. 6.5

18. f (n) (t) sn F(s) sn1 f (0) f (n1) (0) Sec. 6.2; Cor. 6.2.2

19. (t)n f (t) F (n) (s) Sec. 6.2; Prob. 29

A BRIEF TABLE OF LAPLACE TRANSFORMS