Solution

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The one-sided Laplace transform is for sufficiently large . Integration by parts, with the exponential suppressing the upper boundary, gives
Differentiation under the integral gives , proving . Start with and apply this rule repeatedly:
With all three initial data zero, transforming the forced equation gives . Thus and the listed inverse transform gives
The cubic factor is also the resonant exponential particular solution associated with the triple characteristic root .

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