Solution

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Use a consistent number of vertices, with , and set , . Pull back the one-form to . Since and , the side integrand is
For counterclockwise traversal, put and let be the outward normal derivative, while is the Dirichlet boundary data. The outward unit normal is in complex notation. Therefore , and
There is no tangential-derivative term: it cancels in this particular one-form. The Generalized Stokes theorem and now give the polygonal global relation
The same zero identity holds with every side traversed clockwise, but then for outward normals. One must change this sign consistently rather than mix the two orientations.

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