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# Nonlinear Tikhonov regularization in Hilbert scales for inverse boundary value problems with random noise

• We consider the inverse problem to identify coefficient functions in boundary value problems from noisy measurements of the solutions. Our estimators are defined as minimizers of a Tikhonov functional, which is the sum of a nonlinear data misfit term and a quadratic penalty term involving a Hilbert scale norm. In this abstract framework we derive estimates of the expected squared error under certain assumptions on the forward operator. These assumptions are shown to be satisfied for two classes of inverse elliptic boundary value problems. The theoretical results are confirmed by Monte Carlo simulations.
Mathematics Subject Classification: Primary: 58F15, 58F17; Secondary: 53C35.

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