Title :
Instabilities in numerical inversion of Laplace transforms using Taylor series approach
Author :
Unnikrishnan, R. ; Mathew, A.V.
Author_Institution :
Rochester Institute of Technology, Department of Electrical Engineering, Rochester, USA
Abstract :
Recently Chung and Sun reported a technique for the numerical inversion of Laplace transforms using Taylor series. In the letter we point out that the implementation of this method involves the inversion of an n à n Hilbert matrix. This results in numerical instability and makes the algorithm unreliable. Alternative approaches which give a least-square fit for the solution are also identified.
Keywords :
Laplace transforms; least squares approximations; matrix algebra; numerical methods; series (mathematics); Hilbert matrix inversion; Laplace transforms; Taylor series approach; least-square fit; numerical instability; numerical inversion;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19870350