Abstract
In this paper we consider the method of Tikhonov regularization for finding solutions q* of ill-posed linear and nonlinear operator equations A(q) = z, which consists in minimizing the functional Here z
ρ are the available perturbed data and
is the norm in a Hilbert scale Q
s. Assuming
for some a ≥0 and γ≥0 we prove that the choice of the regularization parameter α by Morozov's discrepancy principle leads to optimal convergence rates if
. Furthermore we discuss convergence rate results for the case
and apply our results to a special integral equation of the first kind.