636 INTEGRAL TRANSFORMS Ch.

15

A Short Table of Laplace Transforms

∝
y=f ( t ) , t> 0 Y =L ( y )=F ( s )=¿ ∫ e - st f ( t ) dt
0
[ y=f ( t )=0 ,t >0]

1
L1 1 ℜ s>0
s

1
L2 e
−at
ℜ ( s+ a ) >0
s +a

a
L3 sin at 2 2 ℜ s>|ℑ a|
s +a

s
L4 cos at 2 2 ℜ s>|ℑ a|
s +a

k ! Γ (k +1)
L5 k
t , k >−1 ∨ k+1 ℜ s>0
s k+1 s

k! Γ ( k +1)
L6 k −at
t e , k >−1 ∨ ℜ ( s+ a ) >0
( s+ a)k+1
(s+a)k +1
−at −bt
e −e 1
L7
b−a ( s+ a)( s +b)
ℜ ( s+ a ) >0
And
−at
ae −b e
−bt
1
L8
a−b ( s+ a)( s +b)
ℜ ( s+b ) >0

a
L9 sinh at 2 2 ℜ s>|ℜ a|
s −a

s
L10 cosh at 2 2 ℜ s>|ℜ a|
ρ −a

2 as ℜ s>|ℑ a|
L11 t sin at
¿¿¿
 2 2
L12 t cos at s −a ℜ s>|ℑ a|
¿¿¿
b ℜ(s +a)>|ℑ b|
L13 e
−at
sin bt
¿¿
s +a ℜ(s +a)>|ℑ b|
L14 e
−at
cos bt
¿¿
2
a
L15 1−cos at 2
s (s ¿ ¿ 2+a )¿
ℜ s>|ℑ a|

Sec . 1 INTRODUCTION 637

A Short Table of Laplace Transforms (continued)

∝
y=f ( t ) , t> 0 Y =L ( y )=F ( s )=¿ ∫ e - st f ( t ) dt
0
[ y=f ( t )=0 ,t >0]

3
a
L16 at−sin at 2 ℜ s>|ℑ a|
¿
s (s ¿ 2+a )¿

3
L17 sin at−at cos at 2a ℜ s>|ℑ a|
¿¿¿

s
L18 e
−at
(1−at ) ℜ ( s+ a ) >0
¿¿

sin at a
L19 arc tan ℜ s>|ℑ a|
t s

1 1 a+b a−b
L20 sin at cos bt , a> 0 , b>0 (arc tan + arc tan ) ℜ s>0
t 2 s s
−at −bt
e −e s +b
L21 ln ℜ ( s+ a ) >0
t s +a
¿ ℜ ( s+b ) >0

( 2 √t )
a 1 −√ s a

L22 1−erf , a>0 e ℜ s>0

s

L23 J 0 (at ) ¿¿ ℜ s>|ℑ a|,∨¿

For real a ≠ 0 ,
 ℜs≥0

L24 {
f ( t )= 1 ,
t> a>0
0 , t <a
1 −sa
s
e ℜ s>0
[unit step,often written f ( t )=u (t−a)¿

L25

L26

638 INTEGRAL TRANSFORMS Ch. 15

A Short Table of Laplace Transforms (continued)

∞
y=f ( t ) , t> 0 Y =L ( y )=F ( s )=¿ ∫ e - st f ( t ) dt
0
[ y=f ( t )=0 ,t >0]

L27 δ (t−a ) , a ≥0 e
−sa

(Sec Section 7.)

L28 {
f ( t )= g ( t−a ) ,
0,
t> a>0
t> a e−sa G ( s )
¿ g ( t−a ) u(t−a) [G ( s ) means L ( g ) .]

L29 e
−at
g(t ) G(s+ a)

L30 g ( at ) ,a >0
1
a
G
s
a()
∞
g (t)
L31
t
(if integrable) ∫ G ( u ) du
s
L32 n
t g (t ) ¿

t
1
L33 ∫ g ( τ ) dτ s
G (s )
0

t t

L34 ∫ g ( t−τ ) h ( τ ) dτ =∫ g ( τ ) h ( t−τ ) dτ G ( s ) H (s)

0 0
(convolution of g and h, often written as g ¿ h; see Section 5)

L35 Transforms of derivatives of y (see Section 3) :

'
L( y )=sY − y 0
L ( y '' ) =s 2 Y −s y 0− y ' 0
L ( y '' ' )=s3 Y −s 2 y 0−s y ' 0− y' ' 0 , etc .
L ( y(n) ) =sn Y −sn −1 y 0−sn −2 y ' 0−⋯ − y (n−1
0
)