From Wolfram Mathworld[1], we see the following relations:
ρ^=cosϕ𝐱^+sinϕ𝐲^ϕ^=−sinϕ𝐱^+cosϕ𝐲^𝐳^=𝐳^
Additionally, it has already been shown on the same page[1] that:
ρ=x2+y2x=ρcosϕy=ρsinϕ
Now, we simply need to combine these relations together to obtain:
cosϕ=xx2+y2sinϕ=yx2+y2
And hence:
ρ^=xx2+y2𝐱^+yx2+y2𝐲^=x𝐱^+y𝐲^x2+y2ϕ^=−yx2+y2𝐱^+xx2+y2𝐲^=−y𝐱^+x𝐲^x2+y2𝐳^=𝐳^
As was to be demonstrated.
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