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= Solution
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The principal coefficients satisfy the positive <uniformly elliptic operator> condition if there is $\theta>0$, independent of $x$, such that
$$
\boxed{\sum_{i,j=1}^na^{ij}(x)\xi_i\xi_j\geq\theta|\xi|^2
\quad(x\in\overline U,\ \xi\in\mathbb R^n).}
$$
The smooth coefficients on the compact closure also give a uniform upper bound $\sum a^{ij}\xi_i\xi_j\leq\Theta|\xi|^2$. The first-order and zeroth-order coefficients do not enter uniform ellipticity.

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