Name: Anonymous 2007-12-07 20:50
Anybody feel like helping a guy practice for his differential equations final? I'm stuck on a Laplace problem.
y''+2y'+2y=h(t); y(0)=0, y'(0)=1
h(t)={0, 0≤t<π; 1, pi≤t<2π; 0, t≥2π}
I got to where I found:
y(t)=L^-1{e^(-πs)/(s[s^2+2s+2])}-L^-1{e^(-2πs)/(s[s^2+2s+2])}+L^-1{1/(s^2+2s+2)}
But I think I made a mistake somewhere because that polynomial is unfactorable and there's no inverse for it. (I thought of trying a variable change, but we never learned anything like that in class)
y''+2y'+2y=h(t); y(0)=0, y'(0)=1
h(t)={0, 0≤t<π; 1, pi≤t<2π; 0, t≥2π}
I got to where I found:
y(t)=L^-1{e^(-πs)/(s[s^2+2s+2])}-L^-1{e^(-2πs)/(s[s^2+2s+2])}+L^-1{1/(s^2+2s+2)}
But I think I made a mistake somewhere because that polynomial is unfactorable and there's no inverse for it. (I thought of trying a variable change, but we never learned anything like that in class)