 Solution (source code)

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= Solution

Let $a=\|\Pi_A\xi\|$ and $b=\|\Pi_{A^\perp}\xi\|$. Since $a^2+b^2=1$, choose $\theta\in[0,\pi/2]$ with $a=\sin\theta$, $b=\cos\theta$. Normalizing the two nonzero projections gives
$$
|\xi\rangle=\sin\theta|\alpha\rangle+\cos\theta|\beta\rangle.
$$
At an endpoint, the unused normalized vector may be chosen arbitrarily in its subspace.

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