Elliptic boundary value problems in hybrid domains

We derive asymptotic transmission conditions at points where segments are attached to a three-dimensional body. These conditions result in a formally self-adjoint problem on a hybrid set with properties similar to those of standard boundary value problems. In particular, the problem has a zero index and possesses a variational statement. If the systems of differential equations have a special form, then the operator of the problem is realized as a self-adjoint extension of the decoupled operators of the problems on the body and the segments. From this viewpoint, we interpret the results of asymptotic analysis of coupled thin and solid bodies.Dedicated to Victor Borisovich Lidskii on the occasion of his jubileeTranslated from Funktsionalnyi Analiz i Ego Prilozheniya, Vol. 38, No. 4, pp. 55–72, 2004Original Russian Text Copyright © by S. A. NazarovSupported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (grant No. 00-01-00835).