Can This Forgotten Formula Simplify the Laplace Transform of \(y(t)^3\)?

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The discussion centers on the computation of the Laplace Transform of \(y(t)^3\) using a lesser-known formula. A user on mathhelpforum.com inquired about deriving the Laplace Transform \(\mathcal{L} \{y^{3}(t)\}\) given \(\mathcal{L} \{y(t)\}\). The solution references a formula found in 'Electrical Network Theory' by N. Balabanian and T.A. Bickart, which allows for the computation of the Laplace Transform of the product of two functions. This formula is essential for simplifying the process when the direct definition is not feasible.

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… on mathhelpforum.com a ‘newbie’ user asked to know how compute, given an $y(t)$ the L-Transform $\mathcal {L} \{y^{3}(t)\}$. At first, without any knowledege of y(t), it seems that no other chance exists apart the direct definition of L-Transform. Surprisinghly enough, if the L-Transform $\mathcal{L} \{y(t)\}$ is known, a 'magic and forgotten formula' conducts to the result. The formula can be found in Appendix two of the electrical engineering textbook 'N. Balabanian, T.A. Bickart, Electrical Network Theory, 1969, Wiley & Sons, New York' where You can read... Let be $f_{1}(t)$ and $f_2(t)$ two functions and their L-Transform $F_{1}(s)= \mathcal{L} \{f_{1}(t)\}$ and $F_{2}(s)= \mathcal{L} \{f_{2}(t)\}$ converge for $\text{Re} (s)> \sigma_{1}$ and $\text{Re} (s)> \sigma_{2}$ respectively. In this case is... $\displaystyle \mathcal{L} \{f_{1}(t)\ f_{2}(t)\} = \frac{1}{2\ \pi\ i}\ \int_{c - i \infty}^{c + i \infty} F_{1}(z)\ F_{2} (s-z)\ dz$ (1)... where $\sigma_{1} < c < \sigma - \sigma_{2}\ , \sigma > \sigma_{1} + \sigma_{2}$ ...

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