Tikhonov regularization (source code)

= Tikhonov regularization
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Tikhonov regularization minimizes
$$
\lVert Ax-y^\delta\rVert^2+\alpha\lVert x\rVert^2,
$$
giving $x_\alpha^\delta=(A^*A+\alpha I)^{-1}A^*y^\delta$. The spectral filter $\sigma/(\sigma^2+\alpha)$ suppresses unstable division by small singular values.