Tutorial 4 Laplace
Tutorial 4 Laplace
Tutorial 4 Laplace
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1. (a) Show explicitly that the Laplace transforms of ex and x−1 do not exist.
2 2
(b) Show that the function 2tet cos(et ) is not of exponential order, however its Laplace
transform exists.
df
(c) If f (t) is of exponential order, does it follow that is too?
dt
2. Find the Laplace transform of the following functions:
√ √
(a) bt f (at) (b) t3 cos(4t) (c) e7t sin h(t 2) (d) sin( t)
√ 2 sin(t) sinh(t) 1 + 2at at Rt
(e) erf ( t) (f) (g) √ e (h) 0
et−τ sin 2τ dτ
t t
R t sin τ
(i) 0
√ dτ
t−τ
( π
sin ωt, 0 < t <
3. Find L{f (t)}, where f (t) = ω
π
0, t≥
ω
1 ∞
Z t Z
F (u)
4. (a) If L{F (t), t → s} = f (s). Show that L du, t → s = f (y)dy. Hence show
Z t 0 u s s
cot−1 (s)
sin u
that L du, t → s = .
0 u s
(b) Determine the Laplace transform of the Leguerre polynomial, defined by
et dn n −t
Ln (t) = (t e ), n = 0, 1, 2
n! dtn
√ √
√ π −1 cos t
5. Given that L{sin t} = 3 (e 4s ), determine the Laplace transform of √ .
2s 2 t
9. Using
Z ∞Laplace transform,
Z ∞ evaluate the following
Z ∞ integrals:
−x2 2 sin x
(a) e dx (b) cos x dx (c) dx
0 0 0 x
10. Find the Laplace
transform of the following functions:
1, 0≤t<1
(a) f (t) = , f (t + 2) = f (t)
−1, 1 ≤ t < 2
t, 0≤t<π
(b) f (t) = , f (t + 2π) = f (t)
π − t, π ≤ t ≤ 2π
π
(c) f (t) = E sin ωt, 0 ≤ t < ω, f (t + ωπ ) = f (t)
(d) f (t) = dte, where dte denote the greatest integer ≤ t.
11. Express the following functions in terms of the unit step functions and determine their Laplace
transforms:
2 + t2 , 0 < t < 2
2 − t, 0 < t < 2
(a) f (t) = 6, 2<t<3 (b) f (t) = 2t − 6, 2 < t < 5
2t − 5, 3 < t < ∞
t, 5<t<∞
Answers √
6s4 − 576s2 + 1536
1 s − log b 2
2.(a) F (b) 2 + 16)4
(c) 2−2
a
r a (s (s − 7)
1 π −1 1 2
(d) e 4s (e) √ (f ) tan−1
2s s s s + 1 s2 r
q
π s 2 π 1
(g) s−a (h) (i)
s−a (s − 1)(s2 + 4) s (s2 + 1)
−πs
(s − 1)n
r
ω(1 + e ω ) π −1
3. 2 2
4.(b) n+1
5. e 4s
s +ω s s
−2 27t Z t √
t3 e 8 sin kt 1 − cos u cos 2 t
6. (a) r (b) (c) 2 du (d) √
1 t 0 u πt
2
3
1 35 1 p
(e) (3e − 2e−2t − e−t cos 2t − e−t sin 2t)
3t
(f ) √ uπ (t) sinh( 2(t − π))
50 2 2
∞ ∞
X
n e−(t−3) √ X
(g) u(t) + 2 (−1) u2n (t) (h) u3 (t) √ sin h 5(t − 3) (i) - un (t)
n=1
5 n=1
1 1 2t
7. (a) t(sin 2t − 2t cos 2t) (b) (e − e−2t − 4te−2t )
64 16 √ √
1 7t −t −t t 3 2 t 3
(c) (−6 + 7t + 6e ) (d) 2e − e {cos 2 + √ sin }
49 2 3 2
√ r
π 1 π π
9. (a) (b) (c)
2 2 2 2
1 s 1 π −πs −πs 1 −πs 2
10. (a) tanh (b) e (e − 1) + 2 (e − 1)
s 2 1 − e−2πs s s
πs Eω e−s
(c) coth , (d)
2ω s + ω 2 2 s(1 − e−s )
2 − 5e−3s 2e−3s − 4e−2s 2(1 − e−2s ) 2(1 − e−2s ) + e−5s 3e−2s − e−5s − 1
11. (a) + 2
+ 3
(b) +
s s s s s2