Unit vectors with a common inner product

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For , the Gram matrix of unit vectors with common distinct-pair inner product is . Its eigenvalues are on the all-ones direction and on its orthogonal complement. It is a positive-definite symmetric matrix exactly when , permitting a linearly independent realization in . An explicit construction takes the columns of
The two orthogonal projections have product zero, so ; positive eigenvalues also make invertible. At either endpoint the corresponding eigenspace becomes a linear dependence.

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