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The domain \(D\subset \mathbb{R}^2 (x,y)\) is bounded by an arc \(g_1 \subset \{y >0\}\) which connects the points \((-1,0)\) and \((1,0)\) and in \(\{y<0\}\) by the arcs \(g_2,g_3\) through \((-1,0)\) and \((1,0)\), which are characteristics for \[ Lu= k_1(y) u_{xx} +\bigl(k_2 (y)u_y \bigr)_y +r(x,y)u \] and intersect on the \(y\)-axis. Here sign \(k_1(y) =\text{sign} y\), \(k_2(y)>0\) for all \(y\). For the problem \((P)\) \(Lu=f\) in \(G\), \(u=0\) on \(g_1\cup g_2\), the notion of quasiregular solution is introduced. By the \(abc\)-method, a variant of the energy integral method, it is proved that there is at most one quasiregular solution of problem \((P)\) under certain conditions on the coefficients \(k_1\), \(k_2\) and \(r\) and on the shape of \(g_1\).