# Laplace transform

noun
La·​place transform | \ lə-ˈpläs-, -ˈplas- \

## Definition of Laplace transform

: a transformation of a function f(x) into the function {latex}g(t) = \int_{o}^{\infty}{e^{-xt}f(x)dx}{/latex} that is useful especially in reducing the solution of an ordinary linear differential equation with constant coefficients to the solution of a polynomial equation

## First Known Use of Laplace transform

1942, in the meaning defined above

## History and Etymology for Laplace transform

Pierre Simon, Marquis de Laplace

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