Problem with finding an Inverse Laplace Transform

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I've been messing around with Laplace transforms. Anyway to get to the point I arrived at a "solution" in the s domain and got stuck.

I'm trying to solve for the inverse laplace transform of A: [tex]{\cal L}^{-1} \{A\}[/tex]

where [itex]A = F(s) e^{C_2\sqrt{-s+C_1 }}[/itex]

and [itex]C_1,C_2[/itex] are constants and [itex]F(s)[/itex] is a function of s.

Is there any way to apply the shifting theorem to this equation? If not how do I go about solving the above? I don't know much about [itex]F(s)[/itex]. I already applied boundary and initial conditions.


Thanks.
 
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I guess I should clarify that I am trying to find [itex]{\cal L}^{-1} \{A\}=a(x,t)[/itex] for any [itex]F(s)[/itex].

In the above equation [itex]C_2[/itex] is [itex]x[/itex]. So the equation is actually [itex]A = F(s) e^{x\sqrt{-s+C_1 }}[/itex]. I wrote [itex]C_2[/itex] in the place of [itex]x[/itex] because I was trying to look up the transform in tables.

I had specified the boundary condition as [itex]a(-\infty,t)=f(t)[/itex] This transforms to the [itex]s[/itex] domain as [itex]A(-\infty,s)=F(s)[/itex]. Is there any way to get a general form for [itex]a(x,t)[/itex] for any [itex]F(s)[/itex] or would I have to specify [itex]F(s)[/itex]?