A Runge–Kutta type modified Landweber method for nonlinear ill-posed operator equations

Abstract: In this paper, we investigate the convergence behavior of a Runge–Kutta type modified Landweber method for nonlinear ill-posed operator equations. In order to improve the stability and convergence of the Landweber iteration, a 2-stage Gauss-type Runge–Kutta method is applied to the continuous analogy of the modified Landweber method, to give a new modified Landweber method, called R–K type modified Landweber method. Under some appropriate conditions, we prove the convergence of the proposed method. We conclude with a numerical example confirming the theoretical results, including comparisons to the modified Landweber iteration. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]