Operator ordering by ill-posedness in Hilbert and Banach spaces

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Main Authors: Kindermann, Stefan, Hofmann, Bernd
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author Kindermann, Stefan
Hofmann, Bernd
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Hofmann, Bernd
contents For operators representing ill-posed problems, an ordering by ill-posedness is proposed, where one operator is considered more ill-posed than another one if the former can be expressed as a cocatenation of bounded operators involving the latter. This definition is motivated by a recent one introduced by Mathé and Hofmann [Adv. Oper. Theory, 2025] that utilizes bounded and orthogonal operators, and we show the equivalence of our new definition with this one for the case of compact and non-compact linear operators in Hilbert spaces. We compare our ordering with other measures of ill-posedness such as the decay of the singular values, norm estimates, and range inclusions. Furthermore, as the new definition does not depend on the notion of orthogonal operators, it can be extended to the case of linear operators in Banach spaces, and it also provides ideas for applications to nonlinear problems in Hilbert spaces. In the latter context, certain nonlinearity conditions can be interpreted as ordering relations between a nonlinear operator and its linearization.
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spellingShingle Operator ordering by ill-posedness in Hilbert and Banach spaces
Kindermann, Stefan
Hofmann, Bernd
Functional Analysis
47A52, 65J20, 47J06, 47B01, 47B02
For operators representing ill-posed problems, an ordering by ill-posedness is proposed, where one operator is considered more ill-posed than another one if the former can be expressed as a cocatenation of bounded operators involving the latter. This definition is motivated by a recent one introduced by Mathé and Hofmann [Adv. Oper. Theory, 2025] that utilizes bounded and orthogonal operators, and we show the equivalence of our new definition with this one for the case of compact and non-compact linear operators in Hilbert spaces. We compare our ordering with other measures of ill-posedness such as the decay of the singular values, norm estimates, and range inclusions. Furthermore, as the new definition does not depend on the notion of orthogonal operators, it can be extended to the case of linear operators in Banach spaces, and it also provides ideas for applications to nonlinear problems in Hilbert spaces. In the latter context, certain nonlinearity conditions can be interpreted as ordering relations between a nonlinear operator and its linearization.
title Operator ordering by ill-posedness in Hilbert and Banach spaces
topic Functional Analysis
47A52, 65J20, 47J06, 47B01, 47B02
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.03164