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The importance of the Laplace transform will be more obvious to us if we think on the whole process of solving a differential equation with it.
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How to solve the Laplace integration after recognizing it as an improper integral In simpler words, we want to solve the integration in a way that we get rid of all the t's of the function, so we don't have to worry about evaluating it to infinite, and thus, simplifying the problem by now having the function in other terms.įormula 2. In this way, we can easily use regular integration techniques to solve the problem without being worried to evaluate to infinity until we are able to toss away those variables.
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To take the issue of the unbounded interval in the integration out, we take the limit of the integration giving the unbounded side of the integral a constant value, which will approach infinity in the limit operation. We will use this knowledge when solving improper integrals. Remember that when one (or both) of the extremes of an integration is infinite we truly do not know the value itself (because is not a real number) and so, we cannot evaluate the integration using the classical Riemann technique.įrom our lessons on limits you may remember that you can know the behaviour of a function even though you may not know its value by evaluating its limit as it approaches a particular point. Laplace transform for a function f(t) where t>=0.Īs you may have noted in formula 1, we are dealing with an improper integral in the Laplace transform since the interval of the integration is unbounded. In mathematical notation, the definition of Laplace transform or Laplace integral can be simply put as follows:įormula 1. In this case, the integral transform which we sometimes might refer as the Laplace integral, is a tool to convert a linear differential equation which is a function of time into an algebraic expression in terms of frequency. In mathematics, we refer as a "transformation" to a method we use to simplify the way we solve a problem, sometimes this means going from the techniques used in a higher level of math to a lower level of the field. We also know that the reason why you will prefer to use the Laplace transformation instead of any other method while solving certain linear differential equations directly, is because this method actually simplifies the process by being algebra-based instead of calculus-based.
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We know already that the Laplace transform is a particular integral formula which is useful while solving linear differential equations with certain conditions. Reviewing the past lesson, let us talk again briefly about the Laplace transform definition and the Laplace transform properties. Calculating Laplace transforms What is a Laplace transform?