Mathematical Methods (MAN-002)

Tutorial Sheet-4 : Laplace Transform Spring Semester 2022-23

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1. (a) Show explicitly that the Laplace transforms of ex and x−1 do not exist.
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(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 Rt
(e) erf ( t) (f) (g) √ eat (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) = πω
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.
Z t 0 u s s
cot−1 (s)

sin u
Hence show 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
6. Compute inverse Laplace transform of the following functions:
  −1
1 −1 s
  1 1 es
(a) 1 (b) cot (c) ln 1 + 2 (d) √
(8s − 27) 3 k s s s
s3 + 2s2 − s + 12 e−πs tanh s
(e) (f ) (g)
s4 + 10s2 + 9 s2 − 2 s
e−3s 1
(h) (i)
s2 + 2s − 4 s(1 − es )
7. Using convolution theorem, evaluate
   
−1 s −1 1
(a) L (b) L
(s2 + 4)3 (s + 2)2 (s − 2)
Rt Rt
(c) f (t) = t + 6 0 et−τ f (τ )dτ (d) f (t) = e−t − 0 cos (t − τ )f (τ )dτ
 8. Show that
(s + 1)2 + 4
 
1 −t 1
(a) if L{tf (t)} = 2
then L{e f (2t)} = 4 log
 2 s(s + 1) (s + 1)2
−s
 2 
t , 0<t≤1 df 2(1 − e )
(b)if f (t) = then L = .
0, t > 1 dt2 s
R∞  t2 , 0≤t<1
(c) 0 f (t)δ(t − 1)dt = sin 2, where f (t) = sin 2, t = 1
t, t>1

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(d) 0 t δ(t − 4)dt = 0.

9. Using
Z ∞Laplace transform, evaluate the following
Z ∞ integrals: Z
∞
e−ax − e−bx sin x
(a) dx, 0 < a < b (b) cos x2 dx (c) dx
0 x 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
(c) f (t) = E sin ωt, 0 ≤ t < ωπ , f (t + ωπ ) = f (t)
(d) f (t) = ⌈t⌉, where ⌈t⌉ 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<∞
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Answers √
6s4 − 576s2 + 1536

1 s − log b 2
2.(a) F (b) 2 4
(c)
ra a (s + 16)  (s − 7)2 − 2
1 π −1 1 2
(d) e 4s (e) √ (f ) tan−1
2s s s s + 1 s2 r 
p π s 2 π 1
(g) s−a (h) 2
(i) 2
s−a (s − 1)(s + 4) s (s + 1)
−πs
n
r
ω(1 + e ω ) (s − 1) π −1
3. 4.(b) 5. e 4s
s2 + ω 2 sn+1 s
−2 27t Z t √
t3e8 sin kt 1 − cos u cos 2 t
6. (a) r (b) (c) 2 du (d) √
1 t 0 u πt
2
3
1 1 p
(e) (− cos t + 5 sin t + 5 cos 3t + sin 3t) (f ) √ uπ (t) sinh( 2(t − π))
4 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 −t t 3 2 t 3
(c) (−6 + 7t + 6e7t ) (d) 2e−t − e 2 {cos + √ sin }
49 2 3 2
r
1 π π
9. (a) log(b/a) (b) (c)
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 s2 + ω 2 s(1 − e−s )
2 − 5e−3s 2e−3s − 4e−2s 2(1 − e−2s )
11. (a) + +
s s2 s3
−2s −5s −2s −5s
2(1 − e ) + e 3e − e − 1
(b) +
s s2