Re: [Maxima-discuss] inverse Laplace transform

[Raymond T. <toy...@gm...>]

>>>>> "Robert" == Robert Dodier <rob...@gm...> writes:

    Robert> On Mon, Aug 28, 2017 at 10:04 AM, Raymond Toy <toy...@gm...> wrote:
    >> specint can help with some of these inverse transfroms:

    Robert> I don't understand how that's going to work. Doesn't specint handle
    Robert> Laplace transform integrals, not the inverse transform? The transform
    Robert> isn't self-inverse, from what I know. Don't we need the Mellin
    Robert> formula? Is that implemented anywhere in Maxima? Can Maxima handle any
    Robert> complex integrals?

Yeah, got that backward.  But it's probably something we can do in
maxima since the inversion formula is oftentimes done using the Cauchy
residue theorem, and we have support for computing residues.

That seems like a pretty general approach, provided that Maxima's
residue functions work.

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Ray