Discretization of variational regularization in Banach spaces

Consider a nonlinear ill-posed operator equation F (u) = y where F is defined on a Banach space X. In this paper we analyze finite dimensional variational regularization, which takes into account operator approximations and noisy data. As shown in the literature, depending on the setting, convergence of the regularized solutions of the finite dimensional problems can be with respect to the strong, or just a weak topology. In this paper our contribution is twofold. First, we derive convergence rates in terms of Bregman distances in the convex regularization setting under appropriate sourcewise representation of a solution of the equation. Secondly, for particular regularization realizations in nonseparable Banach spaces, we discuss finite dimensional approximations of the spaces and the type of convergence, which is needed in the convergence analysis. These considerations lay the fundament for efficient numerical implementation. In particular, we emphasize on the space X of finite total variation functions and analyze in detail the cases when X is the space of functions of finite bounded deformation and the L∞–space. The latter two settings are of interest in numerous problems arising in optimal control, machine learning and engineering.