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Green's operator of elliptic differential operator

Let $P:\Gamma(E)\rightarrow\Gamma(F)$ be an elliptic partial differential operator, with index $=0$ and closed image of codimension $=1$, between spaces $\Gamma(E)$ and $\Gamma(F)$ of smooth sections of vector bundles $E\rightarrow M$ and $F\rightarrow M$ on a Riemannian manifold $(M,g)$ without boundary.

Question: What is the elliptic operator's associated Green's operator?

More precisely, $(M,g)=(\mathbb{S}^m,g)$ be the unit $m$-sphere with constant curvature =1 metric $g$, so $\text{Ricc}(g)=g$. Also let $E=F=S^2\mathbb{S}^m$, the space of $2$-covariant tensors on $\mathbb{S}^m$. Consider the operator: \begin{align*} P:\Gamma(S^2\mathbb{S}^m)&\rightarrow\Gamma(S^2\mathbb{S}^m)\\ h&\mapsto Ph_{ij}=\frac{1}{2}g^{kl}(\nabla_i\nabla_jh_{kl}+\nabla_k\nabla_lh_{ij}). \end{align*} The symbol is: $$ \sigma_P(\xi)h_{ij}=\frac{1}{2}g^{kl}(\xi_i\xi_jh_{kl}+\xi_k\xi_lh_{ij}). $$ We can show that $P$ is elliptic with index $=0$ and closed image of codimension $=1$.

Question: What is the Green's operator of $P$?

Reference request: A good reference on Green's operators for elliptic partial differential operators would be welcomed.

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