laplace

Laplace transform
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Syntax
laplace(f)
laplace(f,transVar)
laplace(f,var,transVar)

Description
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laplace(f) returns the Laplace Transform of f. By default, the independent variable is t and
transformation variable is s.
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laplace(f,transVar) uses the transformation variable transVar instead of s.
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laplace(f,var,transVar) uses the independent variable var and the transformation
variable transVar instead of t and s, respectively.
Examples
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Laplace Transform of Symbolic Expression
Compute the Laplace transform of 1/sqrt(x). By default, the transform is in terms of s.
syms x y
f = 1/sqrt(x);
laplace(f)
ans =
pi^(1/2)/s^(1/2)
Specify Independent Variable and Transformation Variable
Compute the Laplace transform of exp(-a*t). By default, the independent variable is t, and the
transformation variable is s.
syms a t
f = exp(-a*t);
laplace(f)
ans =
1/(a + s)
Specify the transformation variable as y. If you specify only one variable, that variable is the
transformation variable. The independent variable is still t.
laplace(f,y)
ans =
1/(a + y)
Specify both the independent and transformation variables as a and y in the second and third
arguments, respectively.
laplace(f,a,y)
ans =
1/(t + y)
Laplace Transforms of Dirac and Heaviside Functions
Compute the Laplace transforms the Dirac and Heaviside functions.
syms t s
laplace(dirac(t-3),t,s)
ans =
exp(-3*s)
laplace(heaviside(t-pi),t,s)
ans =
exp(-pi*s)/s
Relation Between Laplace Transform of Function and it's Derivative
Show that the Laplace transform of the derivative of a function is expressed in terms of the Laplace
transform of the function itself.
syms f(t) s
Df = diff(f(t),t);
laplace(Df,t,s)
ans =
s*laplace(f(t), t, s) - f(0)
Laplace Transform of Array Inputs
Find the Laplace transform of the matrix M. Specify the independent and transformation variables for
each matrix entry by using matrices of the same size. When the arguments are
nonscalars, laplace acts on them element-wise.
syms a b c d w x y z
M = [exp(x) 1; sin(y) i*z];
vars = [w x; y z];
transVars = [a b; c d];
laplace(M,vars,transVars)
ans =
[ exp(x)/a, 1/b]
[ 1/(c^2 + 1), 1i/d^2]
If laplace is called with both scalar and nonscalar arguments, then it expands the scalars to match
the nonscalars by using scalar expansion. Nonscalar arguments must be the same size.
laplace(x,vars,transVars)
ans =
[ x/a, 1/b^2]
[ x/c, x/d]
Laplace Transform of Symbolic Function
Compute the Laplace transform of symbolic functions. When the first argument contains symbolic
functions, then the second argument must be a scalar.
syms f1(x) f2(x) a b
f1(x) = exp(x);
f2(x) = x;
laplace([f1 f2],x,[a b])
ans =
[ 1/(a - 1), 1/b^2]
If Laplace Transform Cannot Be Found
If laplace cannot transform the input then it returns an unevaluated call.
syms f(t) s
f(t) = 1/t;
F = laplace(f,t,s)
F =
laplace(1/t, t, s)
Return the original expression by using ilaplace.
ilaplace(F,s,t)
ans =
1/t

Input Arguments
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f — Input
symbolic expression | symbolic function | symbolic vector | symbolic matrix
Input, specified as a symbolic expression, function, vector, or matrix.
var — Independent variable
t (default) | symbolic variable
Independent variable, specified as a symbolic variable. This variable is often called the "time variable"
or the "space variable." If you do not specify the variable then, by default, laplace uses t. If f does
not contain t, then laplace uses the function symvar to determine the independent variable.
transVar — Transformation variable
s (default) | z | symbolic variable | symbolic expression | symbolic vector | symbolic matrix
Transformation variable, specified as a symbolic variable, expression, vector, or matrix. This variable
is often called the "complex frequency variable." If you do not specify the variable then, by
default, laplace uses s. If s is the independent variable of f, then laplace uses z.

More About
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Laplace Transform
The Laplace transform F = F(s) of the expression f = f(t) with respect to the variable t at the point s is


F(s)= f(t) e−stdt.
∞ 0

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