Laplace Transform

Theorem 1 : Linearity

L { f1 (t ) + f 2 (t )} = L { f1 (t )} + L { f 2 (t )} where

and are constants.

Example Linearity Find the Laplace transform of each function below. 1. 2. 3. Solution 1.
f (t ) = 5t 3 + 7t
f (t ) = (t +1) 3

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

L { 5t 3 + 7t } 5 L {t 3 } ! " L {t}
" 1 5 # + " 2 s s 3$ " + s# s2

2.

L {(t +1) 3 } = L {t 3 + 3t 2 + 3t + 1} L {t 3 } ! 3 L {t 2 } ! 3 L {t} ! L {1}

" 2 1 1 + 3 3 + 3 2 + # s s s s " " 3 1 + + + s# s3 s2 s

3.

L {(sin t cos t ) 2 } = L {sin 2 t 2 sin t cos t + cos 2 t} L {1 % 2 sin t cos t} L {1 % sin 2t} L {1 % sin 2t} L {1} & L {sin 2t}
1 2 2 . s s +#

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