 Laplace-transform solution of a constant-coefficient vector ODE (source code)

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= Laplace-transform solution of a constant-coefficient vector ODE

For
$$
y'=Ay+g,qquad y(0)=y_0,
$$
the derivative rule gives
$$
(sI-A)Y(s)=y_0+G(s),
$$
and hence $Y(s)=(sI-A)^{-1}(y_0+G(s))$ wherever the transforms converge and $sI-A$ is invertible.

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