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Counterexamples in Laplace transforms

Of all the examples I know of (bilateral) Laplace transforms $F$ defined on their maximal vertical strips $V_{a,b}=\{ z \in \mathbf{C} : a < \operatorname{Re}(z) < b \}$ with $-\infty < a <...
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Decay of Laplace (or Mellin) transform beyond region of convergence?

Let $f:[0,\infty)\to \mathbb{R}$ be a piecewise differentiable function with $f(0)=0$ and $f'(t)$ of bounded variation. Its Laplace transform $\mathcal{L}f$ converges for $\Re s > 0$. Assume it can ...
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When I can safely assume that a function is a Laplace transform of other function?

If I have a function and I want to represent it as being the Laplace transform of another, that is, I want to be sure that there is $\hat{f}(s)$ such that my function $f(x)$ can be written as: $$f(x) =...
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Fourier vs Laplace transforms

In solving a linear system, when would I use a Fourier transform versus a Laplace transform? I am not a mathematician, so the little intuition I have tells me that it could be related to the boundary ...
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Can we extract information about how fast a function decay from its Laplace transform?

My question is whether we can extract information about how fast an integrable function converges to zero by looking at the asymptotics of its Laplace transform. More concrete case, let $f:\mathbb{R} ...
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