HP 48gII User Manual

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To find the solution to the ODE, y(t), we need to use the inverse Laplace
transform, as follows:

OBJ

ƒ ƒ

Isolates right-hand side of last expression

ILAP

µ

Obtains the inverse Laplace transform


The result is

i.e.,

y(t) = -(1/7) sin 3x + y

o

cos

√2x + (√2 (7y

1

+3)/14) sin

√2x.

Check what the solution to the ODE would be if you use the function LDEC:

‘SIN(3*X)’

` ‘X^2+2’ ` LDEC µ

The result is:


i.e., the same as before with cC0 = y0 and cC1 = y1.

Note: Using the two examples shown here, we can confirm what we
indicated earlier, i.e., that function ILAP uses Laplace transforms and inverse
transforms to solve linear ODEs given the right-hand side of the equation and
the characteristic equation of the corresponding homogeneous ODE.

Example 3 – Consider the equation

d

2

y/dt

2

+y =

δ(t-3),

where

δ(t) is Dirac’s delta function.


Using Laplace transforms, we can write:

L{d

2

y/dt

2

+y} = L{

δ(t-3)},

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