Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee

Mathematics-II (MAN-002)
Assignment-4 Laplace Transforms (I) Spring Semester-2015-16
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1. (a) Show explicitly that Laplace transforms of ex and x1 does not exists.
2 2
(b) Show that the function 2tet cos(et ) is not of exponential order, however its Laplace transform
exists.
2. Find the Laplace transforms of the following functions:
(a) bt f (at) (b) t3 cos(4t) (c) e7t sinh( 2t) (d) sin( t)
2 sin(t) sinh(t) 1 + 2at
(e) teat sin at (f) (g) eat (h) |t1|+|t+1|, t 0 (i) erf t
t t
sin t, for 0 < t <

3. Find L{f (t)}, where f (t) =
0, for t
1
Z t  Z
F (u)
4. (a) If L{F (t), t s} = f (s), Show that L du, t s = f (y)dy.
Z t  0 u1 s s
sin u cot (s)
Hence show that L du, t s = .
0 u s
(b) Determine the Laplace transform of the Laguerre polynomial, defined by
et dn n t
Ln (t) = (t e ), n = 0, 1, 2, ...
n! dtn
1 cos t
5. Given that L{sin t} = (3/2) e , determine the Laplace transform of .
4s
2s t
6. Compute inverse Laplace transforms of the followingfunctions: 
1 s 1 1
(a) 1/3
(b) cot1 (c) ln 1 + 2
(8s 27) k s s
1
es s2 3 es
(d) (e) (f) 2
s (s + 2)(s 3)(s2 + 2s + 5) s 2
7. Using convolution theorem evaluate  
1 s 1 1
(a) L { 2 } (b) L
(s + 4)3 (s + 2)2 (s 2)
Z t Z t
(c) If f (t) = t + 6 et f ( )d. (d) f (t) = et cos(t )f ( )d( )
0 0
8. Show that
1  t 1 (s + 1)2 + 4
(a) If L{tf (t)} = then L e f (2t) = log
s(s2 + 1) 4 (s + 1)2
2(1 es )
 2  2 
t , 0 < t 1, d f
(b) If f (t) = then L = .
0, t 1, dt 2 s
Z  t2 , , 0 < t 1,
(c) f (t)(t 1)dt = sin 2, where f (t) = sin 2, t=1
0 t, t>1
Z 3
(d) t3 (t 4)dt = 0
0
9. Using
Z Laplace transforms, evaluate
Z the followingZintegrals:
Z
3t sin2 t tx2 2
(a) te sin tdt (b) 2
dt (c) e dx. Hence evaluate ex dx
Z0 Z o t Z0 0
sin xt cos xt
(d) cos tx2 dx (e) dt (f) dt
0 0 t 0 1 + t2
10. Find the Laplace transforms of the following functions:

1, 0 t < 1,
(a) f (t) = ; f (t + 2) = f (t)
1, 1 t < 2,

t, 0 t < ,
(b) f (t) = ; f (t + 2) = f (t)
t, t < 2,

(c) f (t) = E sin t, 0 t < ; f (t + ) = f (t)

(d) f (t) = [t], where [t] denotes the greatest integers t.
11. Write the following functions for which the graphs are shown below (in terms of unit step function)
and find their Laplace transforms.

Answers:

6s4 576s2 + 1536
  r
1 s log b 2 1 1
2. (a) F (b) (c) (d) e 4s
a a (s2 + 16)4 (s 7) 22 2s s
2(s + es )
r  
2a(s a) 2 s 1
(e) (f) tan1 2 (g) (h) (i)
((s a)2 + a2 )2 s sa sa s2
s s+1
s
(1 + e ) (s 1)n
r
1
3. 2 2
4. (b) n+1 5. e 4s
s + s s
Z t
t2/3 e27t/8 sin kt 1 cos u cos 2 t
6. (a) (b) (c) 2 du (d)
2( 13 ) t 0 u t
1 35 t 1  
3t 2t t
(e) (3e 2e e cos 2t e sin 2t) (f) u (t) sinh 2(t )
50 2 2
1 1 2t
7. (a) t(sin 2t 2t cos 2t) (b) (e e2t 4te2t )
64 16 !
1 t t 3t 1 3t
(c) t(6 + 7t + 6e7t ) (d) 2e e 2 cos + sin
49 2 3 2
r
3 1
9. (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) et
50 2 2 2 2t 2 2
 
1 s 1 s s 1 2
10. (a) tanh (b) e (e 1) + (e 1)
s 2 1 e2 s s2
 s  E s
e
(c) coth (d)
2 s2 + 2 s(1 es )
es (1 es )2
11. (a) f (t) = (t 1)u1 (t) 2(t 2)u2 (t) + (t 3)u3 (t),
s2
(2 es e2s e3s + e4s )
(b)f (t) = 2u0 (t) u1 (t) u2 (t) u3 (t) + u4 (t),
s