f (t ) F ( s)  L{ f (t )} f (t ) F ( s)  L{ f (t )}

1 a2
1 1 cosat
s s( s 2  a 2 )
1 a3
t at  sin at
s2 s2 (s2  a 2 )

n
n! t cos at s2  a 2
t
s n 1 (s2  a 2 ) 2
1 2as
e at t sin at
sa (s  a 2 ) 2
2

1 sa
te at e  at cos bt
(s  a) 2 (s  a) 2  b 2
1 1 b
t n 1e at e at sin bt
( n  1)! (s  a) n (s  a) 2  b2
e at  e bt
( a  b) 1
u( t )
1
a b ( s  a )( s  b) s

a e at  b e bt
( a  b) s
u(t  a) e  as
( a  b) ( s  a )( s  b) s

s
cos at  (t ) 1
s  a2
2

a
sin at  (t  a ) e as
s  a2
2

s
cosh at
s  a2
2

a
sinh at
s  a2
2
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1. Definition: The Laplace transform of a function f (t ) is F ( s) = L{ f (t )}   f (t )e st dt
0

2. Linearity: L{a f (t )  b g (t )}  a L{ f (t )}  b L{g (t )}

3. Transforms of derivatives:
1st derivative: L{ f (t )}  sL{ f (t )}  f (0)
2nd derivative: L{ f (t )}  s2 L{ f (t )}  sf (0)  f (0)
nth derivative: L{ f ( n) (t )}  sn L{ f (t )}  sn1 f (0)  sn2 f (0) f ( n1)
(0)

 t  1
4. Transform of the integral of a function: L  f ( ) d   L{ f ( t )}
 0  s

5. First Shift theorem: If L{ f (t )}  F ( s) then L{e at f (t )}  F ( s  a)

or alternatively L1 {F ( s  a)}  e at f (t )

6. Second Shift Theorem: If L{ f (t )}  F ( s) then L{u(t  a) f (t  a)}  e as F (s)

or alternatively L1 {e as F ( s)}  u(t  a) f (t  a)
where u(t  a) denotes the shifted step function.

7. Differentiation of transforms: If L{ f (t )}  F ( s) then L{t f (t )}   F ( s)


 f (t ) 
8. Integration of transforms: If L{ f (t )}  F ( s) then L    F (~
s )ds~
 t  s

9. Convolution: The convolution f  g of two functions f and g is

t
( f  g )(t )   f ( ) g (t   )d
0
If L{ f (t )}  F ( s) and L{g(t )}  G( s) then the Laplace Transform of the convolution of f
and g is given by
 t 
L f ( ) g ( t   ) d   F ( s) G ( s)
 0 

10 Periodic functions: The Laplace Transform of a periodic function f with period p is

p
1
L{ f (t )} 
1 e  ps  f (t )e st dt
0