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For any four vectors, ` vec a , vec b , vec c` and ` vec d` prove that `vec d.( vec axx( vec bxx( vec cxx vec d)))=( vec b. vec d)[ vec a \ vec c \ vec d]`.

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`vecd.(vecaxx(vecbxx (vecc xxvecd)))`
`= vecd.(vecaxx((vecb.vecd)vecc- (vecb.vecc)vecd)))`
`vecd. ((vecb.vecd)(veca xx vecc)- (vecb.vecc)(veca xxvecd))`
`=(vecb.vecd)(vecd.(vecaxxvecc))-(vecb.vecc)(vecd.(veca xx vecd))`
`(vecb.vecd) [vecdvecavecc]`
`(vecb.vecd) [veca vecc vecd]`
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