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In an expository manner, the author gives a partial survey of recent results concerning the trace inequality (and its local variant on a ball \(B\) in \(R^{N}\)): \[ \left( \int_{R^{N}(\text{ or }B)}u^{2}(x)V(x)dx\right) ^{1/2}\leq c\left( \int_{R^{N}(\text{ or }B)}(\nabla u(x))^{2}dx\right) ^{1/2},\quad u\in W^{1,2}.\tag{1} \] Also, some applications of (1) to the study of the Strong Unique Continuation Property (SUCP) for the differential inequality \(|\triangle u|\leq V|u|\) in \(W^{2,2}\) are presented. It is a question of necessary and sufficient conditions for the weight function \(V\) which imply both the validity of (1) and the so-called ``size conditions'', playing important role in the study of SUCP. Although there is a rich literature on the subject, a few relevant papers are referred, as for instance: \textit{R. Kerman} and \textit{E. Sawyer} [Ann. Inst. Fourier 36, No. 4, 207-228 (1986; Zbl 0591.47037)], \textit{C. L. Fefferman} [Bull. Am. Math. Soc., New Ser. 9, 129-206 (1983; Zbl 0526.35080)] and \textit{T. H. Wolff} [Proc. Am. Math. Soc. 114, No. 2, 351-356 (1992; Zbl 0744.35012)]. In the sequel, following \textit{S. Chanillo} and \textit{E. Sawyer} [Trans. Am. Math. Soc. 318, No. 1, 275-300 (1990; Zbl 0702.35034)], the author generalizes some of known results about the SUCP for \(|\triangle u|\leq V|u|\) in dimensions 2 and 3. The details of the proofs can be found in \textit{M. Krbec} and \textit{T. Schott} [Boll. Unione Mat. Ital., Sez. B, Artic. Ric. Mat. (8) 2, No. 3, 629-637 (1999; Zbl 0948.46023)].