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Orthogonality & Least Squares · Hard problem

Let PP be the matrix of orthogonal projection, in R4\mathbb R^4, onto the plane spanned by the orthonormal vectors 12(1,1,1,1)\tfrac12(1,1,1,1) and 12(1,−1,1,−1)\tfrac12(1,-1,1,-1). Find the sum of the squares of all 1616 entries of PP.