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Multivariable CalculusSuperchallengeVectors in Space

Vectors in Space · Superchallenge problem

How many of the following hold for ALL vectors u,v,w\mathbf u, \mathbf v, \mathbf w in R3\mathbb R^3? (A) u×(v×w)=(u×v)×w\mathbf u \times (\mathbf v \times \mathbf w) = (\mathbf u \times \mathbf v) \times \mathbf w (B) (u×v)⋅w=u⋅(v×w)(\mathbf u \times \mathbf v) \cdot \mathbf w = \mathbf u \cdot (\mathbf v \times \mathbf w) (C) ∥u×v∥2+(u⋅v)2=∥u∥2∥v∥2\lVert \mathbf u \times \mathbf v \rVert^2 + (\mathbf u \cdot \mathbf v)^2 = \lVert \mathbf u \rVert^2 \lVert \mathbf v \rVert^2 (D) u×(v×w)+v×(w×u)+w×(u×v)=0\mathbf u \times (\mathbf v \times \mathbf w) + \mathbf v \times (\mathbf w \times \mathbf u) + \mathbf w \times (\mathbf u \times \mathbf v) = \mathbf 0 (E) (u×v)×(u×w)=(u⋅(v×w)) u(\mathbf u \times \mathbf v) \times (\mathbf u \times \mathbf w) = \big(\mathbf u \cdot (\mathbf v \times \mathbf w)\big)\,\mathbf u