Worksheet 9: LaPlace Transforms

A LaPlace Transform is defined as L{ f (t )} =

e
t =0

st

f (t ) dt

Use the definition to find the LaPlace Transform of each of the following. 1. f (t ) = 1

2. f (t ) = 3t

3. f (t ) = e 4 t

4. f (t ) = t 2

0, 5. f (t ) = 2 t 2t + 2,

t <1 t 1

6. L{ f (t )}

7. Verify that the LaPlace Transform of f (t ) = cos(at ) is

s ,s>0 s + a2
2

8. Use the Table of Basic LaPlace Transforms shown above to find each of the following. 2 (a) L{5} (e) L t

{}

(b)

L e 3 t

{ }
3 t

(f) L{cos(5t )}

(c) L

{4e } {4te }
3 t

(g) L

{3(t 1) + e }
t

(d) L

(h) L{y + 3 y + 2 y}

9. Find the inverse LaPlace Transforms of each of the following s+2 1 1 1 (a) L (e) L s + 1 ( s + 3)( s + 4)

(b)

5 L1 s + 1

(f)

6 L1 2 s + 6

(c)

6 L1 2 s

(g) L

s+3 2 s + 3s + 2

(d)

6 L1 3 s

10. Use LaPlace Transforms to solve: y + 3 y + 2 y = 0,

y (0) = 1,

y (0) = 0

11. Find the inverse LaPlace Transform of each of the following:

(a)

F ( s) =

2 s + 3s 4
2

(b)

F ( s) =

3s 5 (s 1)2 s2 + 2 s 2 (s + 2)(s 1)

(c)

F ( s) =

12. Use LaPlace Transforms to solve the IVP. y (0) = 1 .

y + y 2 y = 2t , where y (0) = 0 and

Theorem 7.6. First Translation Theorem If L{ f (t )} = F ( s ) and a is any real number, then L e at f (t ) = F ( s a )

13. Use the definition of the Laplace transform to show that L e at f (t ) = F ( s a ) .

Find each of the following: 14. L te 7t

{ } {(

15. L 1 + e 2t 3e 3t sin 4t

1 16. L1 6 (s 4 ) 2s 1 17. L1 2 (s 2 )

18. Solve the IVP. y 4 y + 4 y = t 3 e 2t , y (0) = 0, y (0) = 0

Definition: The Unit Step Function. 0, The Unit Step Function, U (t a ) = 1,

0t <a ta

Write each of the following in terms of Unit Step Functions. 4, 0 t < 10 19. f (t ) = t 10 0,

0 t < /2 1, 20. f (t ) = sin t , / 2 t < 3 / 2 0, t 3 / 2

21.

Theorem 7.7. Second Translation Theorem If F ( s ) = L{ f (t )} and a > 0, then L{ f (t a )U (t a )} = e as F ( s ) Find each of the following: 22. L e t 4U (t 4) 23. L t 2U (t 1)

{ {

e 2 s 24. L1 s + 3 es 25. L1 (s 2)( s + 2)

26. Solve the IVP. y + y = f (t ), y (0) = 0, y (0) = 0