Thanks! I knew it was something simple.
-Frank
-----Original Message-----
From: Barton Willis [mailto:willisb at unk.edu]
Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 9:15 AM
To: Frank Palazzolo
Cc: maxima at math.utexas.edu
Subject: Re: [Maxima] ilt()
----Frank Palazzolo -----
> For whatever reason, I can't get
>ilt() to evaluate, even in a trivial case:
>
>ilt( s/(s+1), s, t);
>
>(This doesn't seem to do anything)
This inverse Laplace transform involves a Dirac delta function--Maxima just
gives up on such transforms. The function ilt isn't completely
broken:
(%i4) ilt( s/(s+1), s, t);
(%o4) ILT(s/(s+1),s,t)
(%i5) ilt( 1/(s+1), s, t);
(%o5) %e^(-t)
Barton