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8.2E: The Inverse Laplace Transform (Exercises)

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    Q8.2.1

    1. Use the table of Laplace transforms to find the inverse Laplace transform.

    1. \( \dfrac{3}{(s-7)^4}\)
    2. \( \dfrac{2s-4}{s^2-4s+13}\)
    3. \( \dfrac{1}{s^2+4s+20}\)
    4. \( \dfrac{2}{s^2+9}\)
    5. \( \dfrac{s^2-1}{(s^2+1)^2}\)
    6. \( \dfrac{1}{(s-2)^2-4}\)
    7. \( \dfrac{12s-24}{(s^2-4s+85)^2}\)
    8. \( \dfrac{2}{(s-3)^2-9}\)
    9. \( \dfrac{s^2-4s+3}{(s^2-4s+5)^2}\)

    2. Use Theorem 8.2.1 and the table of Laplace transforms to find the inverse Laplace transform.

    1. \( \dfrac{2s+3}{(s-7)^4}\)
    2. \( \dfrac{s^2-1}{(s-2)^6}\)
    3. \( \dfrac{s+5}{ s^2+6s+18}\)
    4. \( \dfrac{2s+1}{ s^2+9}\)
    5. \( \dfrac{s}{ s^2+2s+1}\)
    6. \( \dfrac{s+1}{ s^2-9}\)
    7. \( \dfrac{s^3+2s^2-s-3}{(s+1)^4}\)
    8. \( \dfrac{2s+3}{(s-1)^2+4}\)
    9. \( \dfrac{1}{ s}-\dfrac{s}{ s^2+1}\)
    10. \( \dfrac{3s+4}{ s^2-1}\)
    11. \( \dfrac{3}{ s-1}+\dfrac{4s+1}{ s^2+9}\)
    12. \( \dfrac{3}{(s+2)^2}-\dfrac{2s+6}{ s^2+4}\)

    3. Use Heaviside’s method to find the inverse Laplace transform.

    1. \( \dfrac{3-(s+1)(s-2)}{(s+1)(s+2)(s-2)}\)
    2. \( \dfrac{7+(s+4)(18-3s)}{(s-3)(s-1)(s+4)}\)
    3. \( \dfrac{2+(s-2)(3-2s)}{(s-2)(s+2)(s-3)}\)
    4. \( \dfrac{3-(s-1)(s+1)}{(s+4)(s-2)(s-1)}\)
    5. \( \dfrac{3+(s-2)(10-2s-s^2)}{(s-2)(s+2)(s-1)(s+3)}\)
    6. \( \dfrac{3+(s-3)(2s^2+s-21)}{(s-3)(s-1)(s+4)(s-2)}\)

    4. Find the inverse Laplace transform.

    1. \( \dfrac{2+3s}{(s^2+1)(s+2)(s+1)}\)
    2. \( \dfrac{3s^2+2s+1}{(s^2+1)(s^2+2s+2)}\)
    3. \( \dfrac{3s+2}{(s-2)(s^2+2s+5)}\)
    4. \( \dfrac{3s^2+2s+1}{(s-1)^2(s+2)(s+3)}\)
    5. \( \dfrac{2s^2+s+3}{(s-1)^2(s+2)^2}\)
    6. \( \dfrac{3s+2}{(s^2+1)(s-1)^2}\)

    5. Use the method of Example 8.2.9 to find the inverse Laplace transform.

    1. \( \dfrac{3s+2}{(s^2+4)(s^2+9)}\)
    2. \( \dfrac{-4s+1}{(s^2+1)(s^2+16)}\)
    3. \( \dfrac{5s+3}{(s^2+1)(s^2+4)}\)
    4. \( \dfrac{-s+1}{(4s^2+1)(s^2+1)}\)
    5. \( \dfrac{17s-34}{(s^2+16)(16s^2+1)}\)
    6. \( \dfrac{2s-1}{(4s^2+1)(9s^2+1)}\)

    6. Find the inverse Laplace transform.

    1. \( \dfrac{17 s-15}{(s^2-2s+5)(s^2+2s+10)}\)
    2. \( \dfrac{8s+56}{(s^2-6s+13)(s^2+2s+5)}\)
    3. \( \dfrac{s+9}{(s^2+4s+5)(s^2-4s+13)}\)
    4. \( \dfrac{3s-2}{(s^2-4s+5)(s^2-6s+13)}\)
    5. \( \dfrac{3s-1}{(s^2-2s+2)(s^2+2s+5)}\)
    6. \( \dfrac{20s+40}{(4s^2-4s+5)(4s^2+4s+5)}\)

    7. Find the inverse Laplace transform.

    1. \( \dfrac{1}{ s(s^2+1)}\)
    2. \( \dfrac{1}{(s-1)(s^2-2s+17)}\)
    3. \( \dfrac{3s+2}{(s-2)(s^2+2s+10)}\)
    4. \( \dfrac{34-17s}{(2s-1)(s^2-2s+5)}\)
    5. \( \dfrac{s+2}{(s-3)(s^2+2s+5)}\)
    6. \( \dfrac{2s-2}{(s-2)(s^2+2s+10)}\)

    8. Find the inverse Laplace transform.

    1. \( \dfrac{2s+1}{(s^2+1)(s-1)(s-3)}\)
    2. \( \dfrac{s+2}{(s^2+2s+2)(s^2-1)}\)
    3. \( \dfrac{2s-1}{(s^2-2s+2)(s+1)(s-2)}\)
    4. \( \dfrac{s-6}{(s^2-1)(s^2+4)}\)
    5. \( \dfrac{2s-3}{ s(s-2)(s^2-2s+5)}\)
    6. \( \dfrac{5s-15}{(s^2-4s+13)(s-2)(s-1)}\)

    9. Given that \(f(t)\leftrightarrow F(s)\), find the inverse Laplace transform of \(F(as-b)\), where \(a>0\).

      1. If \(s_1\), \(s_2\), …, \(s_n\) are distinct and \(P\) is a polynomial of degree less than \(n\), then \[{P(s)}{(s-s_1)(s-s_2)\cdots(s-s_n)}= {A_1}{ s-s_1}+{A_2}{ s-s_2}+\cdots+{A_n}{ s-s_n}.\nonumber \] Multiply through by \(s-s_i\) to show that \(A_i\) can be obtained by ignoring the factor \(s-s_i\) on the left and setting \(s=s_i\) elsewhere.
      2. Suppose \(P\) and \(Q_1\) are polynomials such that \(\mbox{degree}(P)\le\mbox{degree}(Q_1)\) and \(Q_1(s_1)\ne0\). Show that the coefficient of \(1/(s-s_1)\) in the partial fraction expansion of \[F(s)={P(s)}{(s-s_1)Q_1(s)}\nonumber \] is \(P(s_1)/Q_1(s_1)\).
      3. Explain how the results of (a) and (b) are related.

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