LT Notes
LT Notes
LAPLACE TRANSFORM
Formulae
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1. 𝐹(𝑠) = 𝐿(𝑓(𝑡)) = ∫0 𝑒 −𝑠𝑡 𝑓(𝑡)𝑑𝑡, where s is a parameter
1
2. 𝐿(1) = 𝑠
⌊𝑛
3. 𝐿(𝑡 𝑛 ) = 𝑠𝑛+1 , 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑤ℎ𝑜𝑙𝑒 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑛 = 0,1,2,3, … … … .., where ⌊𝑛 is termed as
Factorial n
⌈(𝑛+1)
4. 𝐿(𝑡 𝑛 ) = , for any real number n≥ 0, where ⌈(𝑛 + 1) is termed as Gamma (n+1)
𝑠𝑛+1
1
5. 𝐿(𝑒 𝑎𝑡 ) = 𝑠−𝑎
𝑎
6. 𝐿(sin 𝑎𝑡) = 𝑠2 +𝑎2
⌈𝑛
7. 𝐿(𝑡 𝑛 𝑒 𝑎𝑡 ) = (𝑠−𝑎)𝑛+1
𝑠
8. 𝐿(cos 𝑎𝑡) = 𝑠2 +𝑎2
𝑎
9. 𝐿(sinh 𝑎𝑡) = 𝑠2 −𝑎2 , where sinh 𝑎𝑡 is termed as sine hyperbolic ‘at’ and
𝑒 𝑎𝑡 −𝑒 −𝑎𝑡
sinh 𝑎𝑡 = 2
𝑠
10. 𝐿(cosh 𝑎𝑡) = 𝑠2 −𝑎2 , where cosh 𝑎𝑡 is termed as cos hyperbolic ‘at’ and
𝑒 𝑎𝑡 +𝑒 −𝑎𝑡
cosh 𝑎𝑡 = 2
17. 𝐿 (𝑓 (𝑛) (𝑡)) = 𝑠 𝑛 𝐿(𝑓(𝑡)) − 𝑠 𝑛−1 𝑓(0) − 𝑠 𝑛−2 𝑓 ′ (0) − 𝑠 𝑛−3 𝑓 ′′ (0) − ⋯ − 𝑓 (𝑛−1) (0) ,
integral)
𝑡 𝑡 𝑡 1
19. 𝐿 (∫0 ∫0 … ∫0 𝑓(𝑢) 𝑑𝑢 𝑑𝑢 … 𝑑𝑢) = 𝑠𝑛 𝐹(𝑠)
1 𝑇
20. 𝐿(𝑓(𝑡)) = 1−𝑒 −𝑠𝑇 ∫0 𝑒 −𝑠𝑡 𝑓(𝑡)𝑑𝑡 , where 𝑓(𝑡) is a periodic function with period T
1 𝑠
21. 𝐿(𝑓(𝑎𝑡)) = 𝑎 𝐹 (𝑎)
𝑡
22. If 𝐿(𝑓(𝑡)) = 𝐹(𝑠) and 𝐿(𝑔(𝑡)) = 𝐺(𝑠) , then 𝐿−1 (𝐹(𝑠)𝐺(𝑠)) = ∫0 𝑓(𝑢)𝑔(𝑡 − 𝑢)𝑑𝑢,
convolution theorem for inverse Laplace transform, in which 𝐿−1 denotes the inverse
Laplace transform.
𝑒 −𝑎𝑠
23. L(𝑢(𝑡 − 𝑎)) = , where 𝑢(𝑡 − 𝑎) is the unit step function defined as
𝑠
0 , 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡 < 𝑎
𝑢(𝑡 − 𝑎) = {
1 , 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡 > 𝑎
24. 𝐿(𝑓(𝑡)𝑢(𝑡 − 𝑎)) = 𝑒 −𝑎𝑠 𝐹(𝑠 + 𝑎)
25. 𝐿(𝑓(𝑡 − 𝑎)𝑢(𝑡 − 𝑎)) = 𝑒 −𝑎𝑠 𝐹(𝑠)
26. 𝐿(𝛿(𝑡 − 𝑎)) = 𝑒 −𝑎𝑠 , 𝛿(𝑡 − 𝑎) is the Dirac delta function defined as
1
, 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑎 ≤ 𝑡 ≤ 𝑎 + 𝑘
𝛿(𝑡 − 𝑎) = lim 𝑓𝑘 (𝑡 − 𝑎), 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑓𝑘 (𝑡 − 𝑎) = {𝑘
𝑘→0 0 , 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑤𝑖𝑠𝑒