National Institute of Technology Calicut
Department of Mathematics
MA1013E: Mathematics II, Winter Semester 2025-26
Tutorial-5
Topics: Laplace transform, sufficient condition for existence, inverse Laplace transforms, transforms of deriva-
tives and integrals, shifting theorems, convolution, differentiation and integration of transforms, solution of
differential equations and integral equations using Laplace transforms.
1. Use the definition, find the Laplace transform of the following functions.
(a) sin(3t + 2) (b) cosh2 at (c) t cos t (d) t2 et (e) sin2 (at) (f) eat cos bt.
2. If L{f (t)} = F (s), then show that
(a) L{cosh at f (t)} = 21 [F (s − a) + F (s + a)]. (b) L{sinh at f (t)} = 21 [F (s − a) − F (s + a)].
3. Check whether the following functions are of exponential order or not.
2
(a) tn , n ∈ N (b) et .
√
4. Use the fact Γ( 12 ) = π to find the Laplace transform of the following functions.
(a) f (t) = t−1/2 (b) f (t) = t1/2 (c) f (t) = 2t1/2 + 8t5/2
5. Find the Laplace transform of the following functions.
Rt Rt
(a) e4t sin 2t cos t (b) e−2t sin3 t (c) 0 eu sinu u du (d) e−4t 0
sin 3u
u du
sin2
(e) t3 cos t (f) te−2t sin t (g) sin 3t cos t
t (h) t
t
Z∞
cos(6t) − cos(4t) 2
6. Using Laplace transforms show that dt = log .
t 3
0
√
√ π 1
− 4s
√ 1
− 4s
. Then show that L( cos√t t ) =
pπ
7. Given that L{sin t} = 3 e se .
2s 2
Rt
8. Find L{sinh ct 0 eau sinh bu du}.
9. Find the convolutions of the following functions.
(a) 1 ⋆ e−2t (b) t ⋆ eat (c) eat ⋆ ebt , (a ̸= b) (d) sin at ⋆ sin at.
10. Find the inverse Laplace transform of the following functions.
s+3 s2 + 2s + 5 s−a 1
(a) (b) (c) (d) 2
(s − 1)(s + 2) (s − 1)(s − 2)(s − 3) s2 (s2 + a2 ) s + 6s + 15
(s + 1) 2 6s s−1 s2 + 1
(e) 4
(f) 2 2
(g) ln( ) (h) ln( ).
(s − 2) (s − 16) s+1 s(s + 1)
11. Use the convolution theorem to find the inverse of the Laplace transform of the following functions
1 s2 1 1
(a) (b) (c) (d)
s2 (s2 + 1) (s2 + a2 )2 s3 (s2 + 1) s2 (s2 − a2 )
12. Find the Laplace transform of the periodic function
(
t if 0 < t < π
f (t) =
0 if π < t < 2π
with period 2π.
13. Express the following functions in terms of Heaviside’s unit step function and hence find Laplace transform
of it.
( (
8 if t < 2 t − 1 if 1¡ t < 2
(a) f (t) = (b) f (t) =
6 if t ≥ 2 3 − t if 2 < t < 3
14. Find the inverse Laplace transform of the following functions.
e−3s 3(1 − e−πs ) e−2πs se−2s
(a) (b) (c) (d) .
(s − 1)3 s2 + 9 s2 + 2s + 2 s2 + π 2
15. Obtain the solution of the following differential equations by using Laplace transforms.
(a) y ′′ + 9y = sin 3t, y(0) = 0, y ′ (0) = 0.
(b) y ′′ + ty ′ − 2y = 6 − t y(0) = 0, y ′ (0) = 1.
(c) ty ′′ + 2ty ′ + 2y = 2, y(0) = 1, y ′ (0) is arbitrary.
(d) y ′′ + 8y ′ + 16y = te−4t y(0) = 1, y ′ (0) = 2.
(e) y ′′′ − 3y ′′ + 3y ′ − y = t2 et , y(0) = 1, y ′ (0) = 0, y ′′ (0) = −2.
16. Use the Laplace transform to find the current i(t) in the RLC series circuit when L = 1h, R = 20Ω,
C = 0.005f , E(t) = 150V , t > 0, q(0) = 0, and i(0) = 0.
17. Solve for unknown y(x) the following integral equations.
Z x
(a) y(x) − λ ex−t y(t)dt = sinh(x), where λ is a constant.
0
Z x
2
(b) y(x) = x + sin(x − t)y(t)dt.
0