Laplace Transformations (Assignment-1)

1. Using the definition find the Laplace transforms of the following functions

(a) f (t) = (cos t + sin t)2


cos t, 0 ≤ t < π
(b) f (t) =
0, t ≥ π.

2. Which of the following function’s inverse Laplace transform is not piecewise

continuous and of exponential order, explain

s e−s − 1
(a) F (s) = (b) F (s) =
s+1 s
e5 2
s −4
(c) F (s) = (d) F (s) = 2
s+2 (s + 4)2

3. Find the inverse Laplace transform of the following functions

1 s−a
(a) F (s) = (b) F (s) =
(s − 1)(s2 + 1) s2 (s2
+ a2 )
(s + 1)2 6s + 5
(c) F (s) = (d) F (s) = 2
(s − 2)4 (s + 2s + 2)2

4. Solve the following initial value problems

(a) y 00 + 5y 0 + 4y = e3t , y(0) = 0, y 0 (0) = 3.

Z t
0
(b) y − 4y + 3 y(τ )dτ = t, y(0) = 1.
0
(c) y + 2y + 5y = 1 + t, y(0) = 4, y 0 (0) = −3.
00 0

 0, 0 ≤ t < 1
(d) y 00 + 4y = f (t), y(0) = 1, y 0 (0) = 0, f (t) = 1, 1 ≤ t < 2
0, t ≥ 2.


(e) ty 00 + 4ty 0 + 4y = 8, y(0) = 2, y 0 (0) is arbitrary.

(f) ty 00 + (6t − 2)y 0 − 6y = 0, y(0) = 1, y 0 (0) is arbitrary.

5. Solve the following integral equations using convolution theorem

Z t
(a) f (t) = 1 + t + 2 f (t − τ ) sin τ dτ
0

1
 Z t
(b) f (t) + cos(t − τ )f (τ )dτ = e−t
0

6. Solve the following initial value problem when f (t) is a periodic function and
is defined in one period

sin t, 0 ≤ t < π
(a) y 00 + 4y = f (t), y(0) = 0, y 0 (0) = 0 and f (t) =
0, π ≤ t < 2π.
(b) y 00 + 3y 0 + 2y = f (t), y(0) = 0, y 0 (0) = 1 and f (t) = t, 0 ≤ t < a.

7. Find the following convolutions

(a) eat ∗ ebt , (a 6= b), (b) t ∗ eat .

8. Find the Laplace transforms of the following periodic functions which are
defined in one period

 0, 0 < t < a
(a) f (t) = 1, a < t < 2a
2, 2a < t < 3a.



 1, 0<t<π
0, π < t < 2π

(b) f (t) =

 −1, 2π < t < 3π
0, 3π < t < 4π.


Answers

1 2 s(1 + e−sπ )
1. (a) + 2 (b) .
s s +4 s2 + 1
1 t 1 t
3. (a) (e − cos t − sin t) (b) 2 (sin at − cos at + 1) −
2 a a
2t −t
e e
(c) (2t + 6t2 + 3t3 ) (d) 3te−t sin t − (sin t − t cos t) .
2 2
11 −t 20 −4t 1 1 5
4. (a) y(t) = e − e + e3t (b) y(t) = − et + e3t
12 21 28 3 3
 
1
(c) y(t) = 6 + 10t + (17 sin 2t + 194 cos 2t)e−t
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1
(d) y(t) = u0 (t) cos 2t + {1 − cos 2(t − 1)}u1 (t) − {1 − cos 2(t − 2)u2 (t)}
4

2
 (e) y(t) = 2 + (16 − c)te−4t , c is an arbitrary constant.
c
(f ) y(t) = (1 + 3t)e−6t + [−1 + 3t + (1 + 3t)e−6t ] , c is an arbitrary con-
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stant.
 √ ! √ !
3t 1 3t
5. (a) 2et − t − 1 (b) 2e−t − e−t/2 cos + √ sin .
2 3 2

6. (a) y(t) = g(t)u0 (t) + g(t − π)uπ (t) + g(t − 2π)u2π (t) + ...,
1
where g(t) = (2 sin t − sin 2t).
6
   
1 1
(b) y(t) = g1 (t)u0 (t)−a + g2 (t − a) ua (t)+ + g2 (t − 2a) u2a (t)+...
2 2
3 t 5 1
where g1 (t) = − + + 2e−t − e−2t , g2 (t) = e−2t − e−t .
4 2 4 2
eat − ebt (eat − at − 1)
7. (a) (b) .
a−b a2
e−as (1 + 2e−as ) 1 − e−πs
8. (a) (b) .
s(1 + e−as + e−2as ) s(1 + e−2πs )