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Another quick way is to use the following trig identity In[13]:= TrigFactor[(1-Cos[2t])] Out[13]= 2 Sin[t]^2 If t==2*p, then we have: LaplaceTransform[2 Sin[p]^2/p, p, s] (* 1/2 (-2 Log[s]+Log[-2 I+s]+Log[2 I+s]) *)

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If you don't want to resort to tricks, you can differentiate the transform over s first, which would bring -t downstairs and cancel 1/t. You can then take the transform for: LaplaceTransform[(1 - Cos[t]), t, s] (* 1/s - s/(1 + s^2) *) and then integrate this over s (with a negative sign, since differentiation produced an extra -1): -Integrate[1/s - s/(1 ...

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You can use a trick to prevent Mathematica from taking your expression apart: LaplaceTransform[Abs[1 - Cos[t]]/t, t, s] (* 1/2 Log[1 + 1/s^2] *)

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Ok, I think I know why the integral worked, but not the Laplace transform. When using the integral, there is a pole at t=0 but this is a removable singularity. Series[1 - Cos[t], {t, 0, 6}] // Normal Now dividing by t (#/t) & /@ r So, the t in the denominator is gone. I do not know how Mathematica actually removed this pole at t=0 in the code, ...

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When Mathematica tries to pull the fraction apart, it gets $$\mathcal{L}_t\left[\frac{1-\cos(t)}{t}\right](s)=\mathcal{L}_t\left[\frac{1}{t}\right](s) - \mathcal{L}_t\left[\frac{\cos(t)}{t}\right](s)$$ While the cosine term has a Laplace-transform, $1/t$ doesn't have a transform. That might be the reason why Mathematica cannot solve it. The problem is, ...

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