> the Laplace transform is really just a generalization of the familiar Laurent series representation of complex analytic functions, but where the exponents are

> the Laplace transform is really just a generalization of the familiar Laurent series representation of complex analytic functions, but where the exponents are allowed to be non-integers and to “vary continuously” rather than discretely. I understand some of these words... they're very familiar to me... I'm saying this as someone who's dealt with the discrete and continuous time Fourier transforms, and Z-transform, and wants to get into Laplace transforms.