Solution

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If , take and integrate the gradient term by parts. The weak identity becomes
The fundamental lemma of the calculus of variations gives pointwise. Membership in , together with continuity up to the boundary, says that the boundary trace is zero, so the Dirichlet condition also holds classically.

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