We shall show that ∂y∂G3−∂z∂G2=F1. The other components
are similar. First we have
tF(r(t))×dtdr(t)=tF(tx,ty,tz)×(x^+y^+zk^)=tdet^F1x^F2yk^F3z
Reading off the k^ and ^ components of the determinant
gives
G3(x,y,z)G2(x,y,z)=∫01t[F1(tx,ty,tz)y−F2(tx,ty,tz)x]dt=∫01t[F3(tx,ty,tz)x−F1(tx,ty,tz)z]dt
So
∂y∂G3∂z∂G2⇒∂y∂G3−∂z∂G2=∫01t[F1(tx,ty,tz)+∂y∂F1(tx,ty,tz)ty−∂y∂F2(tx,ty,tz)tx]dt=∫01t[∂z∂F3(tx,ty,tz)tx−∂z∂F1(tx,ty,tz)tz−F1(tx,ty,tz)]dt=∫01[2tF1(tx,ty,tz)+t2y∂y∂F1(tx,ty,tz)+t2z∂z∂F1(tx,ty,tz)−t2x∂y∂F2(tx,ty,tz)−t2x∂z∂F3(tx,ty,tz)]dt
Since, by hypothesis,
∇⋅F=∂x∂F1+∂y∂F2+∂z∂F3=0, the last two terms
−t2x{∂y∂F2(tx,ty,tz)+∂z∂F3(tx,ty,tz)}=−t2x{−∂x∂F1(tx,ty,tz)}
so that
∂y∂G3−∂z∂G2=∫01[2tF1(tx,ty,tz)+t2x∂x∂F1(tx,ty,tz)+t2y∂y∂F1(tx,ty,tz)+t2z∂z∂F1(tx,ty,tz)]dt=∫01dtd[t2F1(tx,ty,tz)]dt=[t2F1(tx,ty,tz)]t=0t=1=F1(x,y,z)