(i) The spherical polar unit basis vectors er,eϕ and eθ in R3 are given in terms of the Cartesian unit basis vectors i,j and k by
er=icosϕsinθ+jsinϕsinθ+kcosθeθ=icosϕcosθ+jsinϕcosθ−ksinθeϕ=−isinϕ+jcosϕ
Express i,j and k in terms of er,eϕ and eθ.
(ii) Use suffix notation to prove the following identity for the vectors A,B, and C in R3 :
(A×B)×(A×C)=(A⋅B×C)A