Inverse Laplace transformation of $\frac{s^2}{(s^2+1)^2}$

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I am a bit lost how to compute the inverse Laplace transformation of $$ \frac {s^2}{(s^2+1)^2}$$ I think it will be some combination of sine and cosine (oscillation-like), however I ran into some weird expressions when I tried to expand the expression as $$ \frac {s}{(s^2+1)} \frac {s}{(s^2+1)}$$

Could someone please give some suggestions? Thanks in advance!

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The original problem was for $\frac{s^2}{(s^2 + 1)^2}$

Consider the Laplace transforms of $\sin(a t)$ and $t \, \cos(a t)$ which are \begin{align} \sin(a t) &\doteqdot \frac{a}{s^2 + a^2} = \frac{a \, s^2 + a^3}{(s^2 + a^2)^{2}} \\ t \, \cos(a t) &\doteqdot \frac{s^2 - a^2}{(s^2 + a^2)^{2}}. \end{align} Now one can notice that $$ \frac{1}{2 a} \, \left( \sin(a t) + a \, t \, \cos(a t) \right) \doteqdot \frac{s^2}{(s^2 + a^2)^{2}}. $$

A second method is to use the convolution theorem, $$ \bar{f}(s) \, \bar{g}(s) \doteqdot \int_{0}^{t} f(t-u) \, g(u) \, du $$ where $\bar{f}(s)$ is the transform of $f(t)$. Since $$ \cos(a t) \doteqdot \frac{s}{s^2 + a^2}$$ then \begin{align} \frac{s^2}{(s^2 + a^2)^2} &\doteqdot \int_{0}^{t} \cos(a u) \, \cos(at - au) \, du \\ &\doteqdot \left[\frac{2 a t \, \cos(a t) - \sin(a (t - 2 u))}{4 a} \right]_{0}^{t} \\ &\doteqdot \frac{1}{2 a} \, \left( \sin(a t) + a \, t \, \cos(a t) \right). \end{align}

Modified form $\frac{s^3}{(s^2+1)^2}$

By using : \begin{align} \cos(a t) - a t \, \sin(a t) &\doteqdot \frac{s \, (s^2 - a^2)}{(s^2 + a^2)^2} \\ \cos(a t) + a t \, \sin(a t) &\doteqdot \frac{s \, (s^2 + 3 a^2)}{(s^2 + a^2)^2} \end{align} then it can be shown that $$ \frac{1}{2} \, ( 2 \, \cos(a t) - a \, t \, \sin(a t) ) \doteqdot \frac{s^3}{(s^2 + a^2)^2}. $$

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$$ F(s)=\frac{s^2}{(s^2 + 1)^2} = \frac{s^2 + 1}{(s^2 + 1)^2} - \frac{1}{(s^2 + 1)^2}$$

$$ F(s)= \frac 1{s^2+1} +\dfrac {1}{2s}\dfrac {d}{ds}\frac 1{(s^2 + 1)}. $$ Apply inverse Laplace Transform: $$f(t)=\sin t -\dfrac 12 \int_0^t 1 \times \tau \sin \tau \ d\tau$$ $$f(t)=\dfrac 12 (\sin t +t \cos t)$$