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6.46 Inverse Laplace transforms

Observe that in the table on slide 6.44, the Laplace transforms on the right-hand side are different for different f(x)f(x) on the left-hand side.

Definition.

The inverse Laplace transform of the function F(s)F(s) is the unique function f(x)f(x) such that (f(x))=F(s){\mathcal{L}}(f(x))=F(s).

If F(s)F(s) is a rational function of the form g(s)/h(s)g(s)/h(s) where degg<degh\deg g<\deg h, then the inverse Laplace transform of FF exists (and is indeed unique), and can be found using partial fractions and the table on slide 6.44. We denote the inverse Laplace transform by -1(F){\mathcal{L}}^{-1}(F).