“…Since matrices M i and M e are positively defined and not degenerate, the problems (2), (3) can be studied in the framework of the theory of boundary (maybe ill-posed) problems for elliptic formally self-adjoint equations, see [1,2,5]. Moreover, notice that the problems above may be regarded as transmission problems for elliptic equations with discontinuous coefficients describing solutions in different domains of a continuum with the help of additional conditions on separating surfaces, see, for example, [6,7].…”