On the discretization and regularization of ill-posed problems with noncompact operators (Q4029150)

Let \(E\) and \(F\) be separable Hilbert spaces and \(T_ 0\in{\mathcal L}(E,F)\) a linear bounded operator having a nonclosed range \({\mathcal R}(T_ 0)\subset F\). We deal with the problem \(T_ 0a=\psi_ 0\) where \(\psi_ 0\in{\mathcal R}(T_ 0)\) is given and \(a\in E\) is to be determined. Instead of \(\psi_ 0\) and \(T_ 0\), their approximations \(\psi_ \delta\in F\) and \(T_ \eta\in{\mathcal L}(E,F)\) are known such that \(\| \psi_ \delta-\psi_ 0\|\leq\delta\), \(\| T_ \eta-T_ 0\|\leq \eta\) or, more generally, \(T^*_ \eta\to T^*_ 0\) pointwise as \(\eta\to 0\), \(\|(T_ \eta-T_ 0)a_ 0\|\leq c\eta\) where \(a_ 0\) is the normal solution to the problem \(T_ 0a=\psi_ 0\). Convergence results for the discretization and regularization schemes are obtained where the limiting processes in discretization and regularization parameters may be performed independently. As an application, the inverse problem for ground water filtration is considered. In this example the operator \(T_ 0\) is noncompact.