Inversion of the Laplace Transform Using the Gaver-Stehfest Algorithm

Stehfest [1] derived an algorithm for the numerical inversion of Laplace transforms. This Demonstration applies this algorithm to determine the inverse Laplace transforms of four test functions . The inverse functions and corresponding test functions are the following:

1. with ,

2. with , where is Euler's constant,

3. with ,

4. with .

You can vary the parameters and . The blue curve shows the exact inverse and the red dots, the numerically calculated data using the Gaver–Stehfest algorithm.