Gram–Schmidt turns an independent list into an orthogonal nonzero list with the same span at every prefix. Orthogonality follows by taking inner products with earlier $u_i$. A zero remainder would put $v_j$ in the span of earlier inputs, contradicting independence. For dependent inputs, zero remainders must be skipped or handled explicitly.
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