Let
be a bounded regular domain, let
be the standard Dirac operator in
, and let
be the Clifford algebra constructed over the quadratic space
. For
fixed,
denotes the space of
‐vectors in
. In the framework of Clifford analysis, we consider two boundary value problems for a second‐order elliptic system of partial differential equations of the form
in
, where
is a smooth
‐vector valued function. The boundary conditions of the problems contain the inner and outer products of the
‐vector solution
with both the Dirac operator and the normal vector to
, ensuring the well‐posedness for the problems. Investigation of the spectral properties of the sandwich operator
is considered by using the Fredholm theory. Finally, it is shown that satisfactory problem‐solving properties, in general, fail when we replace the standard Dirac operator by those, obtained via unusual orthogonal bases of
.