AbstractWe consider the problem of describing the traces of functions in $$H^2(\Omega )$$
H
2
(
Ω
)
on the boundary of a Lipschitz domain $$\Omega $$
Ω
of $$\mathbb R^N$$
R
N
, $$N\ge 2$$
N
≥
2
. We provide a definition of those spaces, in particular of $$H^{\frac{3}{2}}(\partial \Omega )$$
H
3
2
(
∂
Ω
)
, by means of Fourier series associated with the eigenfunctions of new multi-parameter biharmonic Steklov problems which we introduce with this specific purpose. These definitions coincide with the classical ones when the domain is smooth. Our spaces allow to represent in series the solutions to the biharmonic Dirichlet problem. Moreover, a few spectral properties of the multi-parameter biharmonic Steklov problems are considered, as well as explicit examples. Our approach is similar to that developed by G. Auchmuty for the space $$H^1(\Omega )$$
H
1
(
Ω
)
, based on the classical second order Steklov problem.
A note on the Dirichlet problem for the Stokes system in Lipschitz domains