In this paper, we study ill-posedness concepts of nonlinear and linear inverse problems
in a Hilbert space setting. We define local ill-posedness of a nonlinear operator
equation $F(x) = y_0$ in a solution point $x_0$ and the interplay between the nonlinear
problem and its linearization using the Frechet derivative $F\acent(x_0)$ . To find an
appropriate ill-posedness concept for the linarized equation we define intrinsic
ill-posedness for linear operator equations $Ax = y$ and compare this approach with
the ill-posedness definitions due to Hadamard and Nashed.
Keywords :
Nonlinear inverse problems, oerator equations, ill-posedness, stability estimates, local ill-posedness, Frechet derivative, linearized problem, compact operators, integral equations, parameter identification