“…If the function at hand is defined on any sub‐interval in , then we can extend its definition to the whole real line with null values. - We use the two‐sided Laplace transform (LT): where f ( t ) is any function defined on and F ( s ) is its transform, provided that it has a nonempty region of convergence (ROC). Sufficient conditions for the existence of the LT can be found in Roberts, 15 Zemanian, 16 and Ortigueira and Machado 17
- The inverse LT is given by the Bromwich integral where is inside the region of convergence of the LT and .
- The Fourier transform (FT), , is obtained from the LT through the substitution , with .
- The functions and distributions have Laplace and/or Fourier transforms.
- Current properties of the Dirac delta distribution, δ (·), and its derivatives, δ ′ (·), δ ′′ (·)…, will be used.
- The standard convolution operation (denoted by the symbol ∗) will be adopted and written as
- The order of any fractional derivative, denoted by α , is any real number.
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