Converting tensor product from one coordinate to another

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This is a long multi-steps question and I'm stuck at the last leg. I believe my question to be trivial but after 3 hrs of staring and trying all sort of methods (ridiculous ones even) I'm not getting anywhere. Frustrating!

I shall jump straight to the problem I am facing and provide prior information leading to this.

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I do not understand how I can arrive at the corresponding matrix field in the last line.

The prior worked out basis products are:

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The given polar coordinates are enter image description here

In Euclidean coordinate, Q and R

enter image description here I really need help and appreciate any. Thanks in advance

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You already have the basis for the matrices; it is $\{\boldsymbol{e_{1}}\otimes\boldsymbol{e^{1}}, \boldsymbol{e_{1}}\otimes\boldsymbol{e^{2}},\boldsymbol{e_{2}}\otimes\boldsymbol{e^{1}}, \boldsymbol{e_{2}}\otimes\boldsymbol{e^{2}}\}$. This means that a matrix $\boldsymbol{M}$, under this basis, given by $$\boldsymbol{M}=\left(\begin{array}{cc} a & b\\ c & d \end{array}\right),$$ is $$\boldsymbol{M}= a\,(\boldsymbol{e_{1}}\otimes\boldsymbol{e^{1}}) + b\,(\boldsymbol{e_{1}}\otimes\boldsymbol{e^{2}}) + c\,(\boldsymbol{e_{2}}\otimes\boldsymbol{e^{1}})+d\,(\boldsymbol{e_{2}}\otimes\boldsymbol{e^{2}}).$$