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= Solution

For a positive integer $n$, the identity $\sin^2(nx)=[1-\cos(2nx)]/2$ gives
$$
\boxed{\langle f_n,f_n\rangle=\int_{-\pi}^{\pi}\sin^2(nx)\,dx=\pi,\qquad n\ge1.}
$$
The stated nonnegative indexing includes $n=0$ as a special case: $f_0\equiv0$, whose squared <norm> is zero. Thus $\langle f_0,f_0\rangle=0$; it cannot belong to a <basis>.

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