LAPLACE TRANSFORM

LAPLACE TRANSFORM

NOTE: The integral is improper; the limit as approaches infinity

should be used to solve the integral

• The function is of exponential order because

Hence

Substituting , the limit gives , a definitive or finite value.

LAPLACE TRANSFORM
LAPLACE TRANSFORM
 SOLVING INVERSE LAPLACE TRANSFORM

𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑢𝑙=1

EXAMPLE

𝑎=5
 SOLVING INVERSE LAPLACE TRANSFORM

EXAMPLE

𝑎=− 5
 SOLVING ODE BY
LAPLACE TRANSFORM
INITIAL VALUE PROBLEM (IVP)
 SOLVING ODE BY LAPLACE TRANSFORM

GIVEN:
• APPLY LAPLACE TRANSFORM TO EVERY TERM:

• SOLVE for in the LT equation:

WHOLE FRACTION
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• Decompose the whole fraction into PARTIAL FRACTIONS:

PARTIAL FRACTIONS
• MULTIPLY BOTH SIDES OF THE EQUALITY SIGN (BETWEEN THE WHOLE
FRACTION AND PARTIAL FRACTIONS) BY THE DENOMINATOR OF THE
WHOLE FRACTION
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• COMPARE COEFFICIENTS OF S FACTORS:

• SOLVE SIMULTANEUSLY THE 4 EQUATIONS IN 4 UNKNOWNS

 SOLVING ODE BY LAPLACE TRANSFORM

• SUBSTITUE A, B, C & D values into the following equation and apply

the INVERSE LAPLACE OPERATOR on each term
the PARTIAL FRACTIONS
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• To COMPLETE the square in the and denominators: :

Recall: or
or

extra term
NOTE: The denominator is changed into

C D

NOTE: x
1
∙
2 −
∙e 2 sin √ 15 𝑥
4 √ 15 2