Paper 4, Section II, D

Complex Methods
Part IB, 2011

State and prove the convolution theorem for Laplace transforms.

Use Laplace transforms to solve

2f(t)0t(tτ)2f(τ)dτ=4tH(t)2 f^{\prime}(t)-\int_{0}^{t}(t-\tau)^{2} f(\tau) d \tau=4 t H(t)

with f(0)=0f(0)=0, where H(t)H(t) is the Heaviside function. You may assume that the Laplace transform, f^(s)\widehat{f}(s), of f(t)f(t) exists for Re ss sufficiently large.