538 Ordinary Differential Equations
Laplace transformsFunction Transformf(x) F(s) = .C[f(x)]f(cx), c>O ~F(~)
c cf' sF(s) - f(O)
f"(x) s^2 F(s) - sf(O) - f'(O)f(n)(x), n a positive integer Sn F(s) - sn-1 f(O) - ... - f(n-l)(Q)
fox f(~) d~F(s)
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sProperties of Laplace transformsFunction TransformLinearity Propertyaf(x) + bg(x), a, b constants aF(s) + bG(s)
First Translation Propertyeax f(x) F(s - a)Second Translation Propertyu(x - c)f(x - c), c;:::: 0 e-cs F(s)Convolution Theorem