Three condition step function?

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Homework Statement



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When taking the laplace transform of derivatives L{f^n(t)=(s^n)*F(s) - s^(n-1)*f(0)...}; the step function u(t-a)

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we have never done a step function that consisted of three parts before, and I'm just wondering what it is supposed to look like. We haven't gotten to the dirac-delta function so I'm guessing that is not it. If I know what f(t) looks like as a step function I could (probably) zip through the problem. Anyone have any ideas?
 
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You split up th integral into the following integrals:
<br /> \int_{0}^{\infty}=\int_{0}^{\pi}+\int_{\pi}^{2\pi}+\int_{2\pi}^{\infty}<br />
The first and last integrals are zero, the middle integral is the only non-zero one.
 
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