Differential Equations and Linear Algebra (4th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0-32196-467-5
ISBN 13: 978-0-32196-467-0

Chapter 10 - The Laplace Transform and Some Elementary Applications - 10.8 Impulsive Driving Terms: The Dirac Delta Function - Problems - Page 710: 6

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Work Step by Step

Taking the Laplace transform of both sides of the given differential equation and imposing the initial conditions yields: $[s^2(Y)-sY(0)-y'(0)]-3(sY(s)-4Y(s)=e^{-3s}\\ s(Y)(s^2-4)-1=e^{-3s}$ which implies that: $Y(s)=\frac{e^{-3s}}{(s-2)(s+2)}+\frac{1}{(s-2)(s+2)}$ Taking the inverse Laplace transform of both sides gives $y(t)=L^{-1}[\frac{e^{-3s}}{(s-2)(s+2)}+\frac{1}{(s-2)(s+2)}]\\ =L^{-1}[\frac{e^{-3s}}{4}(\frac{1}{s-2}-\frac{1}{s+2})+\frac{1}{4}(\frac{1}{s-2}-\frac{1}{s+2})]$ Since $L^{-1}\{e^{-3s}(\frac{1}{s-2}-\frac{1}{s+2})\}=u_3(t)[e^{2(t-3)}-e^{-2(t-3)}]$ we finally obtain $y(t)=\frac{u_3(t)}{4}[e^{2(t-3)}-e^{-2(t-3)}]+\frac{1}{4}(e^{2t}-e^{-2t})$
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