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Laplace transform

American

noun

Mathematics.

a map of a function, as a signal, defined especially for positive real values, as time greater than zero, into another domain where the function is represented as a sum of exponentials.

Etymology

Origin of Laplace transform

First recorded in 1940–45; after P. S. Laplace

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Find the Laplace transform F of each of the following functions and give the domain of F.

From Textbooks • Mar. 30, 2016

The Laplace transform is used in engineering and physics to simplify the computations needed to solve some problems.

From Textbooks • Mar. 30, 2016

Specifically, we describe the Laplace transform and some of its properties.

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