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We deal with strong density results of smooth maps between two manifolds \({\mathcal X}\) and \({\mathcal Y}\) in the fractional spaces given by the traces of Sobolev maps in W 1,p.
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Mucci, D. Strong density results in trace spaces of maps between manifolds. manuscripta math. 128, 421–441 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00229-008-0234-3
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