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Every smooth first-order real planar elliptic system admits a universal complex form $w_{\bar z} - \mu w_z + \mathcal{A} w + \mathcal{B} \bar w = \mathcal{F}$, which we call the Beltrami-Vekua equation: the data $(\mu, \mathcal{A},…
Let $(M,g)$ be a compact, 2-dimensional Riemannian manifold with nonpositive sectional curvature. Let $\Delta_g$ be the Laplace-Beltrami operator corresponding to the metric $g$ on $M$, and let $e_\lambda$ be $L^2$-normalized eigenfunctions…
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