Improved regularization method for backward Cauchy problems associated with continuous spectrum operator (Q763004)

The authors consider an abstract parabolic backward Cauchy problem associated with an unbounded linear operator in a Hilbert space, where the coefficient operator in the equation is an unbounded self-adjoint positive operator which has a continuous spectrum. The data are given at the final time \(t=T\), and a solution for \(0\leq t\leq T\) is sought. The authors give some estimates for the solution of the regularized problem, and prove that the modified problem is stable and its solution is an approximation of the exact solution of the original problem.