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15.3 Properties of the Laplace Transform 687

TABLE 15.1 TABLE 15.2

Properties of the Laplace transform. Laplace transform pairs.*

Property f(t) F(s) f(t) F(s)
Linearity a1 f1(t)  a2 f2(t) a1F1(s)  a2F2 (s) d(t) 1
1
Fa b
1 s u(t)
Scaling f (at) s
a a
f (t  a)u(t  a) eas F(s) 1
Time shift eat
at sa
Frequency shift e f (t) F(s  a)
1
df t
Time sF(s)  f (0) s2
dt
differentiation n!
d 2f tn n1
s2F(s)  s f (0)  f ¿(0) s
dt 2 1
teat
d 3f s 3F(s)  s2 f (0)  sf ¿(0) (s  a)2
dt 3 f –(0) n!
t neat
d nf snF(s)  sn1 f (0)  sn2 f ¿(0) (s  a)n1
dt n  p  f (n1) (0)

sin
t
t
s2 
2


1
Time integration f (t) dt F(s)
s s
0 cos
t
d s2 
2
Frequency t f (t)  F(s)
ds s sin u 
cos u
differentiation sin(
t  u)

s2 
2


f (t)
Frequency F(s) ds s cos u 
sin u
t cos(
t  u)
integration s
s2 
2
F1(s)
Time periodicity f (t)  f (t  nT )

1  esT eat sin
t
(s  a)2 
2
Initial value f (0) lim sF(s)
sS
sa
eat cos
t
Final value f (
) lim sF(s) (s  a)2 
2
sS0

Convolution f1(t) * f2 (t) F1(s)F2(s)

*Defined for t  0; f (t)  0, for t 6 0.

Obtain the Laplace transform of f (t)  d(t)  2 u (t)  3e2tu(t). Example 15.3
Solution:
By the linearity property,
F(s)  L[d(t)]  2L[ u (t)]  3L[e2tu (t)]
1 1 s2  s  4
12 3 
s s2 s(s  2)

Find the Laplace transform of f (t)  (cos (3t)  e5t)u(t). Practice Problem 15.3
2s2  5s  9
Answer: .
(s  5) (s2  9)