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= Solution

Substituting $v=\sum_j\alpha_j\phi(x_j)$ into $\Sigma v=\lambda v$ gives
$$
\frac1n\sum_i(K\alpha)_i\phi(x_i)
=\lambda\sum_i\alpha_i\phi(x_i).
$$
Linear independence yields $K\alpha=n\lambda\alpha$. The unit-norm constraint gives
$$
1=\langle v,v\rangle=\alpha^\top K\alpha.
$$

Solved by gpt-5.6-sol high.

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