A note on the Goldberg–Thorp example in light of the classification of linear ill-posed problems in Banach spaces

Abstract This note considers the strictly singular mapping, denoted by B , from ℓ 1 {\ell^{1}} onto ℓ 2 {\ell^{2}} of an example by Goldberg and Thorp from 1963 as a typical hybrid-type operator in the context of the classification of ill-posed linear operators in infinite-dimensional Banach spaces. The null-spaces of hybrid-type operators are not complemented and therefore need special attention. More generally, a given well-posedness definition for linear operators requiring both closed range and complemented null-space is motivated by the continuity of occurring pseudo-inverse operators as a stability criterion. With respect to the operator B , structure, representation and properties of the operator and its adjoint are summarized in a theorem. Moreover, limitations and opportunities of regularization approaches for the treatment of B are outlined.