Question

What is the Laplace Transform of 7t^3 using the definition (and not the shortcut method)

Answer 1

Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:

By definition of Laplace transform we have

L{f(t)} = $L{{f(t)}}=\int_{0}^{\infty }e^{-st}f(t)dt\\\\Given\\f(t)=7t^{3}\\\\\therefore L[7t^{3}]=\int_{0}^{\infty }e^{-st}7t^{3}dt$

Now to solve the integral on the right hand side we shall use Integration by parts Taking $7t^{3}$ as first function thus we have

$\int_{0}^{\infty }e^{-st}7t^{3}dt=7\int_{0}^{\infty }e^{-st}t^{3}dt\\\\= [t^3\int e^{-st} ]_{0}^{\infty}-\int_{0}^{\infty }[(3t^2)\int e^{-st}dt]dt\\\\=0-\int_{0}^{\infty }\frac{3t^{2}}{-s}e^{-st}dt\\\\=\int_{0}^{\infty }\frac{3t^{2}}{s}e^{-st}dt$

Again repeating the same procedure we get

$=0-\int_{0}^{\infty }\frac{3t^{2}}{-s}e^{-st}dt\\\\=\int_{0}^{\infty }\frac{3t^{2}}{s}e^{-st}dt\\\\\int_{0}^{\infty }\frac{3t^{2}}{s}e^{-st}dt= \frac{3}{s}[t^2\int e^{-st} ]_{0}^{\infty}-\int_{0}^{\infty }[(t^2)\int e^{-st}dt]dt\\\\=\frac{3}{s}[0-\int_{0}^{\infty }\frac{2t^{1}}{-s}e^{-st}dt]\\\\=\frac{3\times 2}{s^{2}}[\int_{0}^{\infty }te^{-st}dt]$

Again repeating the same procedure we get

$\frac{3\times 2}{s^2}[\int_{0}^{\infty }te^{-st}dt]= \frac{3\times 2}{s^{2}}[t\int e^{-st} ]_{0}^{\infty}-\int_{0}^{\infty }[(t)\int e^{-st}dt]dt\\\\=\frac{3\times 2}{s^2}[0-\int_{0}^{\infty }\frac{1}{-s}e^{-st}dt]\\\\=\frac{3\times 2}{s^{3}}[\int_{0}^{\infty }e^{-st}dt]$

Now solving this integral we have

$\int_{0}^{\infty }e^{-st}dt=\frac{1}{-s}[\frac{1}{e^\infty }-\frac{1}{1}]\\\\\int_{0}^{\infty }e^{-st}dt=\frac{1}{s}$

Thus we have

$L[7t^{3}]=\frac{7\times 3\times 2}{s^4}$

where s is any complex parameter