Borel Transform
Borel Transform
is a special case of the Laplace transform for f an entire function of exponential type, meaning that
for some constants A and B. The generalized Borel transform allows a different weighting function to
be used, rather than the exponential function, to transform functions not of exponential
type. Nachbin's theorem gives necessary and sufficient conditions for the Borel transform to be well
defined.
Fundamental relationships[edit]
Since an ordinary Laplace transform can be written as a special case of a two-sided transform, and
since the two-sided transform can be written as the sum of two one-sided transforms, the theory of
the Laplace-, Fourier-, Mellin-, and Z-transforms are at bottom the same subject. However, a
different point of view and different characteristic problems are associated with each of these four
major integral transforms.
The Laplace transform of a sum is the sum of Laplace transforms of each term.
The Laplace transform of a multiple of a function is that multiple times the Laplace
transformation of that function.
Using this linearity, and various trigonometric, hyperbolic, and complex number (etc.) properties
and/or identities, some Laplace transforms can be obtained from others more quickly than by using
the definition directly.
The unilateral Laplace transform takes as input a function whose time domain is the non-
negative reals, which is why all of the time domain functions in the table below are multiples of the
Heaviside step function, u(t).
The entries of the table that involve a time delay τ are required to be causal (meaning that τ > 0). A
causal system is a system where the impulse response h(t) is zero for all time t prior to t = 0. In
general, the region of convergence for causal systems is not the same as that of anticausal systems.
Selected Laplace transforms
Time Laplace s-
domain domain
Region of
Function Reference
convergence
time shift of
delayed impulse
unit impulse
integrate unit
unit step
impulse
time shift of
delayed unit step
unit step
rectangular impulse
integrate unit
ramp
impulse twice
(for complex q)
Set q =
nth root
1/n above.
Integrate unit
nth power with step,
frequency shift apply frequency
shift
integrate unit
step,
delayed nth power
apply frequency
with frequency shift shift,
apply time shift
Frequency shift
exponential decay of
unit step
two-sided exponential
Frequency shift
decay
of
(only for bilateral
unit step
transform)
sine [32]
cosine [32]
sine wave
cosine wave
Bessel function
of the first kind, [34]
of order n
(n > −1)
Explanatory notes: