Paper 4, Section II, A

Complex Methods | Part IB, 2010

A linear system is described by the differential equation

y′′′(t)−y′′(t)−2y′(t)+2y(t)=f(t),y^{\prime \prime \prime}(t)-y^{\prime \prime}(t)-2 y^{\prime}(t)+2 y(t)=f(t),

with initial conditions

y(0)=0,y′(0)=1,y′′(0)=1y(0)=0, \quad y^{\prime}(0)=1, \quad y^{\prime \prime}(0)=1

The Laplace transform of f(t)f(t) is defined as

L[f(t)]=f~(s)=∫0∞e−stf(t)dt\mathcal{L}[f(t)]=\tilde{f}(s)=\int_{0}^{\infty} e^{-s t} f(t) d t

You may assume the following Laplace transforms,

L[y(t)]=y~(s)L[y′(t)]=sy~(s)−y(0)L[y′′(t)]=s2y~(s)−sy(0)−y′(0)L[y′′′(t)]=s3y~(s)−s2y(0)−sy′(0)−y′′(0)\begin{aligned} \mathcal{L}[y(t)] &=\tilde{y}(s) \\ \mathcal{L}\left[y^{\prime}(t)\right] &=s \tilde{y}(s)-y(0) \\ \mathcal{L}\left[y^{\prime \prime}(t)\right] &=s^{2} \tilde{y}(s)-s y(0)-y^{\prime}(0) \\ \mathcal{L}\left[y^{\prime \prime \prime}(t)\right] &=s^{3} \tilde{y}(s)-s^{2} y(0)-s y^{\prime}(0)-y^{\prime \prime}(0) \end{aligned}

(a) Use Laplace transforms to determine the response, y1(t)y_{1}(t), of the system to the signal

f(t)=−2f(t)=-2

(b) Determine the response, y2(t)y_{2}(t), given that its Laplace transform is

y~2(s)=1s2(s−1)2.\tilde{y}_{2}(s)=\frac{1}{s^{2}(s-1)^{2}} .

(c) Given that

y′′′(t)−y′′(t)−2y′(t)+2y(t)=g(t)y^{\prime \prime \prime}(t)-y^{\prime \prime}(t)-2 y^{\prime}(t)+2 y(t)=g(t)

leads to the response with Laplace transform

y~(s)=1s2(s−1)2,\tilde{y}(s)=\frac{1}{s^{2}(s-1)^{2}},

determine g(t)g(t).

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