18.

031 Laplace Transform Table

Properties and Rules

Function Transform
Z ∞
f (t) F (s) = f (t)e−st dt (Definition)
0−
a f (t) + b g(t) a F (s) + b G(s) (Linearity)
eat f (t) F (s − a) (s-shift)
f 0 (t) sF (s) − f (0− )
f 00 (t) s2 F (s) − sf (0− ) − f 0 (0− )
f (n) (t) sn F (s) − sn−1 f (0− )− · · · − f (n−1) (0− )
tf (t) −F 0 (s)
tn f (t) (−1)n F (n) (s)
u(t − a)f (t − a) e−as F (s) (t-translation or t-shift)
−as
u(t − a)f (t) e L(f (t + a)) (t-translation)
Z t+
(f ∗ g)(t) = f (t − τ ) g(τ ) dτ F (s) G(s)
0−
Z t+
F (s)
f (τ ) dτ (integration rule)
0− s

Interesting, but not included in this course.

Z ∞
f (t)
F (σ) dσ
t s

(The function table is on the next page.)

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Function Table
Function Transform Region of convergence
1 1/s Re(s) > 0
eat 1/(s − a) Re(s) > Re(a)
t 1/s2 Re(s) > 0
n n+1
t n!/s Re(s) > 0
2 2
cos(ωt) s/(s + ω ) Re(s) > 0
sin(ωt) ω/(s2 + ω 2 ) Re(s) > 0
eat cos(ωt) (s − a)/((s − a)2 + ω 2 ) Re(s) > Re(a)
eat sin(ωt) ω/((s − a)2 + ω 2 ) Re(s) > Re(a)
δ(t) 1 all s
−as
δ(t − a) e all s
ekt + e−kt
cosh(kt) = s/(s2 − k 2 ) Re(s) > k
2
e − e−kt
kt
sinh(kt) = k/(s2 − k 2 ) Re(s) > k
2
1 1
(sin(ωt) − ωt cos(ωt)) Re(s) > 0
2ω 3 (s2 + ω 2 )2
t s
sin(ωt) Re(s) > 0
2ω (s2 + ω 2 )2
1 s2
(sin(ωt) + ωt cos(ωt)) Re(s) > 0
2ω (s2 + ω 2 )2
u(t − a) e−as /s Re(s) > 0
n at n+1
t e n!/(s − a) Re(s) > Re(a)

Interesting, but not included in this course.

1 1
√ √ Re(s) > 0
πt s
Γ(a + 1)
ta Re(s) > 0
sa+1