what is the laplace transformation?

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stumbled upon it years ago but I’m terrible at math so kinda forgot about it for years, recently stumbled upon it again so out of pure curiosity, what is it? does it have real world use or is it something purely theoretical?

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The ELI5 answer is that it turns differential equations problems into simple algebra problems. Each derivative becomes a variable, so you can solve for the answer using relatively simple math, then convert it back to the original form and have a solved differential equation. It has lots of real world uses in engineering. Electric circuits, spring mass damper systems, and heat transfer equations can all be solved with LaPlace.

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