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For a solution of an elliptic equation, if it is 0 on an open subset, then is it 0 identically?

Let $X$ be a compact smooth manifold, $E, F$ be smooth complex vector bundles over $X$, $L$ an elliptic operator between smooth sections of $E$ and of $F$. Suppose $s$ is a section of $E$ such that $Ls=0$, and $s|U=0$ for some nonempty open $U\subset X$. Then do we have $s=0$ identically?

One can assume $X$ is an open subset of $\mathbb{R}^n$ and $L$ is a matrix of differential operators that is elliptic if feel uncomfortable with vector bundles.

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