Using the standard formula relating products of the Levi-Civita symbol ϵijk to products of the Kronecker δij, prove
a×(b×c)=(a⋅c)b−(a⋅b)c
Define the scalar triple product [a,b,c] of three vectors a,b, and c in R3 in terms of the dot and cross product. Show that
[a×b,b×c,c×a]=[a,b,c]2
Given a basis e1,e2,e3 for R3 which is not necessarily orthonormal, let
e1′=[e1,e2,e3]e2×e3,e2′=[e1,e2,e3]e3×e1,e3′=[e1,e2,e3]e1×e2
Show that e1′,e2′,e3′ is also a basis for R3. [You may assume that three linearly independent vectors in R3 form a basis.]
The vectors e1′′,e2′′,e3′′ are constructed from e1′,e2′,e3′ in the same way that e1′,e2′, e3′ are constructed from e1,e2,e3. Show that
e1′′=e1,e2′′=e2,e3′′=e3
An infinite lattice consists of all points with position vectors given by
R=n1e1+n2e2+n3e3 with n1,n2,n3∈Z
Find all points with position vectors K such that K⋅R is an integer for all integers n1, n2,n3.