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Methods based on trace theorems and transposition are applied to some boundary value problems for differential forms on compact Riemannian manifolds. We obtain compatibility conditions of a classical type for the solvability of these problems in various Sobolev spaces.
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Georgescu, V. Some boundary value problems for differential forms on compact riemannian manifolds. Annali di Matematica 122, 159–198 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02411693
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