For a subspace $W$ of a finite-dimensional inner-product space, $P_Wv$ is the unique element of $W$ whose residual $v-P_Wv$ lies in $W^\perp$. If $Q$ has orthonormal basis columns for $W$, then $P_W=QQ^*$. This is Hermitian and idempotent.
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