LAPLACE‘S TRANSFORMED

UNIT STEP FUNCTION.

ABRAHAM CONDE SANCHEZ. B2.1S. SPEAKING VIDEO

• Unit step function is a method to found the Laplace transform
of a function defined in sections.
• In this case you can use the definition of Laplace transform,
that dividing the improper integral into how many intervals the
function has.
𝑏 −𝑠𝑡
•ℒ𝑓𝑡 = ‫𝑒 𝑎׬‬ 𝑓(𝑡)𝑑𝑡

−1, 0 < 𝑡 < 1

• 1.- 𝑓(𝑡) ቊ 1, 𝑡 ≥ 1

ABRAHAM CONDE SANCHEZ. B2.1S. SPEAKING VIDEO

 −1, 0 < 𝑡 < 1
• 1.- 𝑓(𝑡) ቊ 1, 𝑡 ≥ 1

1 −𝑠𝑡 ∞ −𝑠𝑡
•ℒ 𝑓 𝑡 = ‫׬‬0 𝑒 (−1)𝑑𝑡 + ‫׬‬1 𝑒 (1)𝑑𝑡

1 −𝑠𝑡 ∞ −𝑠𝑡
•ℒ 𝑓 𝑡 = − ‫׬‬0 𝑒 𝑑𝑡 + ‫׬‬1 𝑒 𝑑𝑡

ABRAHAM CONDE SANCHEZ. B2.1S. SPEAKING VIDEO

 1
1 −𝑠𝑡 𝑒 −𝑠𝑡 𝑒 −𝑠 1 𝑒 −𝑠 0
• st
1 integral:− ‫׬‬0 𝑒 𝑑𝑡 =
𝑠 0
ቚ →
𝑠
−
𝑠

1 −𝑠𝑡 𝒆−𝒔 𝟏
• − ‫׬‬0 𝑒 𝑑𝑡 =
𝒔
−
𝒔
𝑏
∞ −𝑠𝑡 𝑏 −𝑠𝑡 𝑒 −𝑠𝑡
• 2nd integral: ‫׬‬1 𝑒 𝑑𝑡 = lim ‫׬‬1 𝑒 𝑑𝑡
𝑏→∞
→ lim (−
𝑏→∞ 𝑠
)ቚ
1

𝑒 −𝑠 ∞ 𝑒 −𝑠 1 𝑒 −𝑠
• lim (−
𝑏→∞ 𝑠
+
𝑠
)=0+
𝑠

∞ −𝑠𝑡 𝒆−𝒔
• ‫׬‬1 𝑒 𝑑𝑡 =
𝒔

ABRAHAM CONDE SANCHEZ. B2.1S. SPEAKING VIDEO

 1 ∞
𝒆 −𝒔 𝟏 𝒆 −𝒔
ℒ𝑓 𝑡 = − න 𝑒 −𝑠𝑡 𝑑𝑡 + න 𝑒 −𝑠𝑡 𝑑𝑡 → − +
𝒔 𝒔 𝒔
0 1

2𝑒 −𝑠 1 𝟐𝒆−𝒔 − 𝟏
→ − →
𝑠 𝑠 𝒔

𝟐𝒆−𝒔 −𝟏
ℒ𝑓 𝑡 =
𝒔

ABRAHAM CONDE SANCHEZ. B2.1S. SPEAKING VIDEO

 −1, 0 < 𝑡 < 1
• 𝑓(𝑡) ቊ 1, 𝑡 ≥ 1

ABRAHAM CONDE SANCHEZ. B2.1S. SPEAKING VIDEO