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Laplace Transforms · Superchallenge problem

Solve Abel's integral equation ∫0ty(τ)t−τ dτ=t\displaystyle\int_0^t \dfrac{y(\tau)}{\sqrt{t - \tau}}\,d\tau = t for t≥0t \ge 0 using the Laplace transform, and find y(1)y(1). (You may use L{ta}=Γ(a+1)sa+1\mathcal{L}\{t^{a}\} = \dfrac{\Gamma(a+1)}{s^{a+1}} and Γ(12)=π\Gamma(\tfrac12) = \sqrt\pi.)