 Divergence and curl of a cross product (source code)

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= Divergence and curl of a cross product

For smooth vector fields $F,G$,
$$
\nabla\cdot(F\times G)
=G\cdot(\nabla\times F)-F\cdot(\nabla\times G)
$$
and
$$
\nabla\times(F\times G)
=F(\nabla\cdot G)-G(\nabla\cdot F)
+(G\cdot\nabla)F-(F\cdot\nabla)G.
$$
Both follow by contracting two Levi-Civita symbols and applying the product rule.

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