Operator theory and ill-posed problems (Q2496547)

This book consists of three parts (pp. 1--661), a bibliography (pp. 662--672), and a subject index (pp. 673--680). The first two parts (pp. 1--510) contain various results from calculus, algebra, and operator theory. Many results are given without proofs, but references are provided. These two parts are written by L. Ya. Savel'ev. This part is not related directly to ill-posed or inverse problems. It is based on the lectures, given by L. Ya. Savel'ev for the students of Novosibirsk University. The material covered can be easily found in published textbooks. It includes elements of set theory; selected definitions and results from abstract algebra, linear algebra, and multilinear algebra; elements of calculus, including the notions of limit, derivative, integral, and analysis on manifolds; operator theory, including elements of nonlinear analysis. No attempt is made to give a self-contained systematic presentation of the above areas: some basic results are not mentioned (e.g., the Jordan canonical form of matrices), and many proofs are omitted. The third part (pp. 512--661), Ill-Posed Problems, is written by M. M. Lavrent'ev. The material in this part is taken from the literature. This part consists of 8 chapters and contains statements of some ill-posed problems (the Cauchy problem for the Laplace equation, analytic continuation, some inverse problem for the heat equation, some inverse problems of geophysics, tomography and integral geometry problems, and some problems for hyperbolic equations). The material on the stable solution of ill-posed problems is not a systematic presentation of the basic known results, but rather an account of some results in this area. The author discusses some inverse problems, which are ill-posed, but major areas in the theory of inverse problems are not mentioned (for example, inverse scattering problems). The authors write that ``\dots it is possible to use the book as a textbook on some areas of calculus and functional analysis. It can also be used as a reference textbook\dots''. However, the reviewer cannot agree with these claims. Moreover, The book is not properly proofread and edited. A large number of misprints and inaccuracies has been detected by the reviewer. Details can be obtained from the editorial office of Zentralblatt MATH.