1.

Absolute Cartesian Coordinate

𝑧
Ω = 0,0, Ω 𝑅 = 𝑥, 𝑦, 0
Ω
𝚤̂ 𝚥̂ 𝑘-
Ω×𝑅 = 0 0 Ω = (−𝑦Ω, 𝑥Ω, 0)
𝑥 𝑦 0

𝑦 𝚤̂ 𝚥̂ 𝑘-
∇× Ω×𝑅 = 𝜕! 𝜕" 𝜕# = 𝜕! 𝑥Ω + 𝜕" 𝑦Ω 𝑘- = 2Ω𝑘-
−𝑦Ω 𝑥Ω 0
𝑅

𝑥 ∴ ∇× Ω×𝑅 = 2Ω
2. Appendix C – vector identity
∇× Ω×𝑅 = Ω ∇ 7 𝑅 − 𝑅 ∇ 7 Ω − Ω 7 ∇ 𝑅 + (𝑅 7 ∇)Ω
a b c d
Here, note that
Ω∇ 7 𝑅 ≠ Ω ∇ 7 𝑅 ≠ Ω 7 ∇ 𝑅 ≠ ∇ 7 Ω 𝑅
1 2 3
1: first one is dot product of tensor and vector while the RHS is the product of vector and scala
2: You can’t just ignore brackets. It matters
3: You shouldn’t just superpose del operator and other vector in the bracket. Consider, then, to which
term del operator be applied.
Let’s consider absolute cartesian coordinate Ω = 0,0, Ω 𝑅 = 𝑥, 𝑦, 0
Since Ω could be regarded as a constant, any result of calculation that applied del operator to Ω should be zero
∴ −𝑅 ∇ 7 Ω = 𝑅 7 ∇ Ω = 0
a Ω ∇ 7 𝑅 = Ω 𝜕! 𝑥 + 𝜕" 𝑦 = 2Ω p.s. This solution does not include derivation of
∇× Ω×𝑅 = Ω∇ 7 𝑅 but show that in absolute
c − Ω 7 ∇ 𝑅 = −Ω𝜕# 𝑘- 𝑥 𝚤̂ + 𝑦 𝚥̂ = −Ω 𝜕# 𝑥 𝑘- 𝚤̂ + 𝜕# 𝑦 𝑘- 𝚥̂ = 0
cartesian coordinate the result of this calculation
∴ ∇× Ω×𝑅 = 2Ω is equal to Ω ∇ 7 𝑅