X3 Methods

Tables of Laplace Transforms

General Formulæ
f (t) F (s) f (t) F (s)
0 00
f (t) sF (s) − f (0) f (t) s2 F (s) − sf (0) − f 0 (0)
f (n) (t) sn F (s) − sn−1 f (0) − · · ·
· · · − f (n−1) (0)
∞
f (t)
Z
tf (t) 0
−F (s) F (s0 )ds0
t s
Z t Z tZ τ
1 1
f (t0 )dt0 F (s) f (ν) dνdτ F (s)
0 s 0 0 s2
t–shifting s–shifting
−as
f (t − a)u(t − a) e F (s) eat f (t) F (s − a)
f (t) periodic with period p convolution
p Z t
1
Z
f (t) e−st f (t) dt f1 (t − τ )f2 (τ ) dτ F1 (s)F2 (s)
1 − e−sp 0 0

Specific Formulæ
f (t) F (s) f (t) F (s)
1 1/s t 1/s2
√ √
tn n!/sn+1 1/ πt 1/ s
p √ 2n tn−1/2 √
2 t/π 1/ s3 1·3·5...(2n−1) π
s−(n+1/2)
tk−1 (k > 0) Γ(k)/sk e−at 1/(s + a)
te−at 1/(s + a)2 tn−1 e−at /(n − 1)! 1/(s + a)n
e−at −e−bt 1 ae−at −be−bt
s
b−a a 6= b a−b a 6= b
(s + a)(s + b) (s + a)(s + b)
1
a sin at 1/(s2 + a2 ) cos at s/(s2 + a2 )
ect 1 s−c
sin at ect cos at
a (s − c)2 + a2 (s − c)2 + a2
1
a sinh at 1/(s2 − a2 ) cosh at s/(s2 − a2 )
1
a−2 (1 − cos at) a−3 (at − sin at) 1
s2 (s2 +a2 )
s(s2 + a2 )
δ(t − k) e−sk u(t − k) 1 −ks
se
−ks
1−e 1 −ks
u(t) − u(t − k) s (t − k)u(t − k) s2 e
(t − k)µ−1
 2 √
1 k 1
u(t − k) 1 −ks
sµ e , (µ > 0) √ exp − √ e−k s
Γ(k)  2 πt 4t s
k k √ k 1 −k√s
√ exp − e−k s
, (k > 0) erfc √ e
2 πt 3 4t 2 t s

Here the unit step function is

u(x) = 0 if x < 0, 1 if x > 0,

and the gamma function by Z ∞

Γ(x) = tx−1 e−t dt
0
Note
Γ(n + 1) = n!
Z ∞
2 2
erfc(x) = 1 − erf(x) = √ e−ζ dζ.
π x