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Laplace Transform

The French Newton


Pierre-Simon Laplace

• Developed mathematics in astronomy,


physics, and statistics

• Began work in calculus which led to


the Laplace Transform

• Focused later on celestial mechanics

• One of the first scientists to suggest


the existence of black holes
Definition
• The Laplace transform is a linear operator that
switched a function f(t) to F(s).
• Specifically:
where:
• Go from time argument with real input to a complex
angular frequency input which is complex.
Continuity
• Since the general form of the Laplace transform is:

it makes sense that f(t) must be at least piecewise


continuous for t ≥ 0.
• If f(t) were very nasty, the integral would not be
computable.
Inverse Laplace Transform
Laplace Transform to Solve D.E.’s

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