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The '''Laplace transform''' of a [[function]] ''f''(''t'') defined for all [[real number|real numbers]] ''t'' ≥ 0 is the function ''F''(''s''), defined by:
The '''Laplace transform''' of a [[function]] ''f''(''t'') defined for all [[real number|real numbers]] ''t'' ≥ 0 is the function ''F''(''s''), defined by:




: ''F''(''s'') = &int;<sub>0</sub><sup>&infin;</sup> ''e''<sup>-''st''</sup> ''f''(''t'') d''t''
: ''F''(''s'') = &int;<sub>0</sub><sup>&infin;</sup> ''e''<sup>-''st''</sup> ''f''(''t'') d''t''




The Laplace transform ''F''(''s'') typically exists for all real numbers ''s'' > ''a'', where ''a'' is a constant which depends on the growth behavior of ''f''(''t'').
The Laplace transform ''F''(''s'') typically exists for all real numbers ''s'' > ''a'', where ''a'' is a constant which depends on the growth behavior of ''f''(''t'').

See also: [[Fourier transform]], [[transfer function]], [[linear dynamic system]].

See also: [[Fourier transform]], [[transfer function]].


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The Laplace transform of a function f(t) defined for all real numbers t ≥ 0 is the function F(s), defined by:

F(s) = ∫0 e-st f(t) dt

The Laplace transform F(s) typically exists for all real numbers s > a, where a is a constant which depends on the growth behavior of f(t).

See also: Fourier transform, transfer function, linear dynamic system.