 ##  [Overdetermined Boundary Conditions](/overdetermined-boundary-conditions) 

  ##  [Overdetermined Boundary Conditions](https://mathlogic.quantumdictionary.io/overdetermined-boundary-conditions-0) 

  
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Definition

A specification of boundary data that supplies more independent constraints than are compatible with the differential operator and the domain, often producing incompatibility or no solution because constraints exceed degrees of freedom or violate compatibility relations.