Re: Bug with LaplaceTransform?
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- Subject: [mg83582] Re: Bug with LaplaceTransform?
- From: dh <dh at metrohm.ch>
- Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2007 05:38:09 -0500 (EST)
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Hi,
yes, I think so. Expanding Exp[-x s] in a Taylor Series around 0 it is
clear that the integral divergeces there.
hope this helps, Daniel
chuck009 wrote:
> The Laplace Transform integral seems not to converge for any s for the function f(x)=1/x but LaplaceTransform returns -EulerGamma-Log(s) for this function:
>
>
> LaplaceTransform[1/x, x, s]
> Integrate[1/(x*Exp[s*x]), {x, 0, Infinity}]
>
> Is this a bug?
>